{"product_id":"a-year-of-marvelous-ways-isbn-9798217181117","title":"A Year of Marvelous Ways","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe remarkably life-affirming novel from the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e, set in 1940s Cornwall following the unlikely friendship between an eighty-nine-year-old woman at the end of her story and a young soldier, reeling from World War II, at the start of his own.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarvelous Ways has lived alone alongside a winding creek near the rugged Cornwall coast for nearly all her life, and has recently taken to spending her days sitting on the steps of her caravan with a pair of binoculars. She is waiting for something, but she's not sure what. She will know when she sees it and that is good enough for her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Drake, a young soldier adrift after the death of a fellow comrade, is grateful for the mission that guides his days. He has agreed to fulfil his friend’s last wish: to hand-deliver a letter to his father in Cornwall. But Francis’s journey doesn't go as planned. After a brief, sweet, and serendipitous reunion with a woman from his past, Francis washes up in Marvelous's creek, broken both in body and spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarvelous will come to his aid, and an unlikely friendship will grow between these two solitary souls. Marvelous has lived a long life, with many loves and countless stories to tell, and Francis needs a reason to keep going—even just the hope that life still has more to offer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful, bighearted story that bursts with the magic of what it means to grab hold of connection and purpose when it is right in front of you, \u003ci\u003eA Year of Marvelous Ways \u003c\/i\u003eis a testament to friendship and another timeless classic from the acclaimed Sarah Winman.\u003ci\u003ePraise for A Year of Marvelous Ways:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gripping waiting game.” –\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautiful prose that ebbs and flows” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A breathtaking reading experience . . . a beautiful book that is unafraid to reveal the ugliness of the world.” –\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Winman has a poet’s eye for nature and writes a beautiful line.” –\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One to read slowly so you can savor every beautiful sentence.” –\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Book of the Month)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lavish and clever read which will stand the test of time” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Year of Marvelous Ways\u003c\/i\u003e is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela Carter”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePatrick Gale, author of \u003ci\u003eRough Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Winman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhen God Was a Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Year of Marvelous Ways\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232903868645,"sku":"NP9798217181117","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798217181117.jpg?v=1767720953","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-year-of-marvelous-ways-isbn-9798217181117","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}