{"product_id":"the-welsh-girl-9780618918522","title":"The Welsh Girl","description":"Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, award-winning author Peter Ho Davies's The Welsh Girl is a beautiful, ambitious novel that takes the reader into the most personal corner of war (New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett), set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a POW camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when the astonishing occurs: Karsten, a young German corporal, calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two foster a secret relationship that will ultimately put them both at risk. Meanwhile, another foreigner, the German-Jewish interrogator Rotherham, travels to Wales to investigate Britain's most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this richly drawn and thought-provoking work, all will come to question where they belong and where their loyalties lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavies, Peter Ho:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePETER HO DAVIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's\u003c\/b\u003e novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunes\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Anisfield-Wolf Award and the Chautauqua Prize and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Welsh Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and a London \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e best-seller, as well as two critically acclaimed collections of short stories. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarpers\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e and has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003ePrize Stories: The O. Henry Awards \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655614828818,"sku":"9780618918522","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c05d30b7-c4bd-47fc-bfcd-68a4269821f3.jpg?v=1733381914","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-welsh-girl-9780618918522","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}