{"product_id":"illuminated-ruins-by-miriam-sved-9781761154959","title":"Illuminated Ruins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHong Kong, 1956. On the heights of The Peak, the only way to survive the past is to bury it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Uri Weiss and his wife, Lujza, life in the British colony is a tailored mask. Hungarian Jewish doctors who escaped the wreckage of Europe only to endure Japanese occupation, they have rebuilt themselves through a fragile, assimilated restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe arrival of the Mackays upends this peace. Hugh is a charismatic American with shadowy connections and Nancy is his effortlessly poised wife. As the families entwine, their daughters – Millie and Anne – form a bond so intense it threatens to consume them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the adults navigate the social rituals of the colony, the children retreat to the island’s illuminated ruins. Playing among bombed-out shells and wartime bunkers, they mirror a world of missions and cover stories. But when Anne reveals a truth Millie’s parents have kept unspoken for a decade, the foundations of their universe fracture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Suez Crisis ignites, the children’s games lead them from the safety of The Peak into the Triad-controlled underworld of the Walled City. In a landscape of stolen identities, both families must finally confront the violence they can no longer outrun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003cb\u003e A UNIVERSE OF SUFFICIENT SIZE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A fascinating, compelling, beautifully written novel.’—Liane Moriarty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Miriam Sved has woven three generations and two periods of history into a page-turning, emotional rollercoaster to remind us all that families are messy, complicated and that the repercussions of decisions made decades ago can come back to haunt you… I cannot recommend this book highly enough.’—Heather Morris\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47974273614060,"sku":"9781761154959","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761154959-illuminated-ruins.jpg?v=1784599614","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/illuminated-ruins-by-miriam-sved-9781761154959","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}