{"product_id":"magpie-lane-9781784293833","title":"Magpie Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Dee looks back over her time in the Master's Lodging - an eerie and ancient house - a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick, the fiercely intelligent and powerful father; his beautiful Danish wife Mariah, pregnant with their child; and the lost little girl, Felicity, almost mute, seeing ghosts, grieving her dead mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut is Dee telling the whole story? Is her growing friendship with the eccentric house historian, Linklater, any cause for concern? And most of all, why is Felicity silent?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoaming Oxford's secret passages and hidden graveyards, Magpie Lane explores the true meaning of family - and what it is to be denied one.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Atkins is an award-winning author, feature journalist and Sunday Times book critic. She has written for newspapers including the\u003ci\u003e Guardian, The Times, the Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ethe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e as well as many UK magazines. She teaches on the Masters in Creative Writing at Oxford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mobius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561669792018,"sku":"9781784293833","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_106092e0-bf51-4e50-b211-a61f72671640.jpg?v=1731850611","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/magpie-lane-9781784293833","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}