{"product_id":"the-fish-ladder-by-katharine-norbury-9781408859261","title":"The Fish Ladder","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful, strange, intoxicating and utterly unique story'\u003c\/b\u003e - Philip Pullman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'The memoirist’s challenge ... is simple: “Give a true account of yourself”. \u003ci\u003eThe Fish Ladder\u003c\/i\u003e accomplishes this brilliantly'\u003c\/b\u003e - Horatio Clare, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A beguiling amalgam of personal anecdote, travelogue and family history … Norbury attains a wonder-struck prose poetry'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e FIRST BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKatharine Norbury was abandoned as a baby in a Liverpool convent. Raised by loving adoptive parents, she grew into a wanderer, drawn by the beauty of the British countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne summer, following the miscarriage of a much-longed-for child, Katharine and her nine-year-old daughter Evie decide to follow a river from the sea to its source. But a chance circumstance forces Katharine to the door of the woman who gave her up all those years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining travelogue, memoir, exquisite nature writing, fragments of poetry and tales from Celtic mythology, \u003ci\u003eThe Fish Ladder\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating and life-affirming story about motherhood, marriage, family, and self-discovery, illuminated by the extraordinary majesty of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072374849772,"sku":"9781408859261","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16703303482689.jpg?v=1765099467","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-fish-ladder-by-katharine-norbury-9781408859261","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}