{"product_id":"night-comes-down-9781771839785","title":"Night Comes Down","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight Comes Down\u003c\/i\u003e is set in a remote town in the borderlands between England and Wales in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace Matthews, the only child of the town's learned doctor, loves the woods, the valleys, and the streams in her quiet corner of the world. She is a loner and spends as much of her life as she can outdoors--her desire to be in nature only curbed by her father's unceasing wish to burden her with chores after the untimely death of her beloved mother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhenever she can get away, Grace watches in fascination and quiet horror as a branch line of the railway is built in the next valley over from hers. Before too long she finds the navvies' camp and, against all her instincts, falls in love with a farm boy called Sean from County Sligo in Ireland who has his own story to tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Grace's father's habitual taking of snuff leads him towards an ever greater mental and physical breakdown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Aronowitz grew up in rural Gloucestershire, and studied at Durham University, the Courtauld Institute, and at Oxford University. His writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Independent \u003c\/i\u003enewspapers in the U.K., as well in many leading literary journals, including \u003ci\u003eThe London Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStand\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Troubadour International Poetry Prize, and anthologised in Anvil New Poets 3. His debut poetry collection \u003ci\u003eLife Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e came out in 2019. Richard's novels include \u003ci\u003eFive Amber Beads\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eIt's Just the Beating of My Heart \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eAn American Decade\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eNight Comes Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which is due to be released in 2025. He lives in Oxford, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Guernica Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648815956242,"sku":"9781771839785","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cd8ba2c1-4150-4f4a-8fce-b39815561690.jpg?v=1759834568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/night-comes-down-9781771839785","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}