{"product_id":"the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-9780062459367","title":"The Ocean at the End of the Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eBestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK National Book Awards Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fantasy of the very best.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA groundbreaking work as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark, \u003cem\u003eThe Ocean at the End of the Lane \u003c\/em\u003eis told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse where she once lived, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[Gaiman's] mind is a dark fathomless ocean, and every time I sink into it, this world fades, replaced by one far more terrible and beautiful in which I will happily drown.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e --New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaiman, Neil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including \u003cem\u003eGood Omens\u003c\/em\u003e (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and \u003cem\u003eThe Sandman\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https: \/\/www.neilgaiman.com\/\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50580003127570,"sku":"9780062459367","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f8a86001-6cfb-4022-acce-e88584b88f3a.jpg?v=1748509253","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-9780062459367","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}