{"product_id":"moonlight-and-the-pearlers-daughter-9781982180508","title":"Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Light Between Oceans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Sea Women\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"sensitive and compassionate\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) feminist adventure story set against the backdrop of the dangerous pearl diving industry in 19th-century Western Australia, about a young English woman who sets off to uncover the truth about the disappearance of her eccentric father.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWestern Australia, 1886. After months at sea, a slow boat makes its passage from London to the shores of Bannin Bay. From the deck, young Eliza Brightwell and her family eye their strange, new home. Here is an unforgiving land where fortune sits patiently at the bottom of the ocean, waiting to be claimed by those brave enough to venture into its depths. An ocean where pearl shells bloom to the size of soup plates, where men are coaxed into unthinkable places and unspeakable acts by the promise of unimaginable riches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen years later, the pearl-diving boat captained by Eliza's eccentric father returns after months at sea--without Eliza's father on it. Whispers from townsfolk point to mutiny or murder. Headstrong Eliza knows it's up to her to discover who, or what, is really responsible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she searches for the truth, Eliza discovers that beneath the glamourous veneer of the pearling industry, lies a dark underbelly of sweltering, stinking decay. The sun-scorched streets of Bannin Bay, a place she once thought she knew so well, are teeming with corruption, prejudice, and blackmail. Just how far is Eliza willing to push herself in order to solve the mystery of her missing father? And what family secrets will come to haunt her along the way? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \"extraordinarily vivid\" (Kelly Rimmer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Warsaw Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e) feminist adventure story based on Lizzie Pook's deep research into the pearling industry and the era of British colonial rule in Australia, \u003ci\u003eMoonlight and the Pearler's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003eis ultimately about the lengths one woman will travel to save her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLizzie Pook is a London-based travel writer and journalist whose work has taken her to some of the farthest-flung parts of the planet, from the trans-Himalayas--in search of elusive snow leopards--to the vast, uninhabited east coast of Greenland. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London), \u003ci\u003eLonely Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e. Lizzie is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaude Horton's Glorious Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoonlight and the Pearler's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her at LizziePook.com or connect with her on Twitter @LizziePook.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509092192530,"sku":"9781982180508","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5582f94c-fc0d-4113-a414-2e5af23cc69a.jpg?v=1730888353","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/moonlight-and-the-pearlers-daughter-9781982180508","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}