{"product_id":"mourning-ruby","title":"Helen Dunmore: Mourning Ruby [2004] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR OF \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSIDE THE WAVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebecca was abandoned by her mother in a shoebox in the backyard of an Italian restaurant when she was two days old. Her life begins without history, in the dark outdoors. Who is she, where has she come from and what can she become? Thirty years later, married to Adam, she gives birth to Ruby, and to a new life for herself. But when sudden tragedy changed the course of that life for ever, and all the lives that touch hers, Rebecca is out in the world again, searching . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMourning Ruby \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eexplores identity and maternal ties and is bestselling author Helen Dunmore's eighth novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moments that bring the reader to tears . . . a fascinating - often brilliant - novel'  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bold and unusual . . . miraculously written, Dunmore's drama of loss and regeneration pieces together shattered lives'\u003ci\u003e  Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Emotionally restrained, beautifully observed'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Dunmore has published eleven novels with Penguin: \u003ci\u003eZennor in Darkness \u003c\/i\u003e, which won the McKitterick Prize; \u003ci\u003eBurning Bright\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Spell of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Orange Prize; \u003ci\u003eTalking to the Dead \u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYour Blue-Eyed Boy\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e With Your Crooked Heart\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Siege, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; \u003ci\u003eMourning Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHouse of Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCounting the Stars \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. She is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dunmore, Helen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49089603535187,"sku":"9780141015019","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50064731734355,"sku":"XV80141015019","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47241885385043,"sku":"XG80141015019","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/dunmore-helen-helen-dunmore-mourning-ruby-2004-paperback-57793643905363.jpg?v=1736098436","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/mourning-ruby","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}