{"product_id":"the-sealwomans-gift-9781473638983","title":"The Sealwoman's Gift","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'REMARKABLE' Sarah Perry \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'EXTRAORDINARILY IMMERSIVE' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'EPIC' Zoe Ball Book Club \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A REALLY, REALLY GOOD READ' BBC R2 Book Club' 'LYRICAL' \u003ci\u003eStylist \u003c\/i\u003e'POETIC' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her - the stories from home - and forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, and sharply witty, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sealwoman's Gift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003espeaks across centuries and oceans about loss, love, resilience and redemption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WAVERTON GOOD READ AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ZOE BALL ITV BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sally Magnusson has taken an amazing true event and created a brilliant first novel. It's an epic journey in every sense: although it's historical, it's incredibly relevant to our world today. We had to pick it' \u003ci\u003eZoe Ball Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Richly imagined and energetically told' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best sort of historical novel' \u003ci\u003eScotsman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling ' \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An accomplished and intelligent novel' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Did You Lie?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivid and compelling' Adam Nichols, co-translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBestselling author, journalist and broadcaster Sally Magnusson has written several books for adults and children, most recently her \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWhere Memories Go\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) about her mother's dementia, \u003ci\u003eThe Sealwoman's Gift\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), her acclaimed debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Ninth Child\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eMusic in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003e(2022). Sally lives outside Glasgow.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Two Roads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243445879058,"sku":"9781473638983","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_165902af-a602-4951-9dd7-8d2eae160c32.jpg?v=1745863402","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sealwomans-gift-9781473638983","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}