{"product_id":"midwinter-isbn-9781472151803","title":"Midwinter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Finely judged writing like this comes from a place of instinct, and it marks Melrose out as someone to watch . . . \u003ci\u003eMidwinter\u003c\/i\u003e is a great success' Melissa Harrison, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFather and Son, Landyn and Vale Midwinter, are Suffolk farmers, living together on land their family has worked for generations. But they are haunted there by a past they have long refused to confront: the death of Cecelia, beloved wife and mother, when Vale was just a child. Both men have carried her loss, unspoken. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the onset of a mauling winter, something between them snaps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Vale makes increasingly desperate decisions, Landyn retreats, finding solace in the land, his animals - and a vixen who haunts the farm and seems to bring with her both comfort and protection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTender and lyrical, alive to language and nature, \u003ci\u003eMidwinter\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about guilt, blame, lost opportunities and, ultimately, it is a story about love and the lengths we will go to find our way home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Melrose elegantly weaves narratives detailing the men's internal tumult with lush descriptions of their natural surroundings . . . A moving story about the cruelty of chance, modern masculinity and the transformative power of the bonds between men' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I have rarely read a narrative voice as distinctive as Landyn's, and the loving depiction of regional English working-class masculinity is unusual and timely . . . This is certainly not a light-hearted book, but it offers the true consolation of some very good writing' \u003ci\u003eSarah Moss, TLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e penetrating study of grief and guilt' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corsair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44894903664869,"sku":"NP9781472151803","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_bfa5a814-0a4d-406b-81a5-b95cadf87add.jpg?v=1773103834","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/midwinter-isbn-9781472151803","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}