{"product_id":"the-distance-between-us-9780593687963","title":"The Distance Between Us","description":"\u003cb\u003eGripping, insightful, and deft, \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between Us \u003c\/i\u003eby Maggie O'Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eHamnet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Portrait.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a cold February afternoon, Stella catches sight of a man she hasn't seen for many years, but instantly recognises. Or thinks she does. At the same moment on the other side of the globe, in the middle of a crowd of Chinese New Year revellers, Jake realises that things are becoming dangerous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey know nothing of one another's existence, but both Stella and Jake flee their lives: Jake in search of a place so remote it doesn't appear on any map, and Stella for a destination in Scotland, the significance of which only her sister, Nina, will understand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAGGIE O'FARRELL was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eHamnet \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction), \u003ci\u003eAfter You'd Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hand That First Held Mine\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Costa Novel Award), and \u003ci\u003eInstructions for a Heatwave\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written a memoir, \u003ci\u003e I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Edinburgh.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590833574162,"sku":"9780593687963","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_57c393f6-6b0d-40ec-85c4-8c8176661498.jpg?v=1732082714","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-distance-between-us-9780593687963","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}