{"product_id":"the-mourning-necklace-by-kate-foster-9781035052073","title":"The Mourning Necklace","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoving and masterful . . . transports you to 18th-century Scotland and says as much about modern life as it does about those harrowing times\u003c\/em\u003e - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by an infamous real-life case, \u003cem\u003eThe Mourning Necklace\u003c\/em\u003e is the unforgettable new feminist historical novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of \u003cem\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/em\u003e, Kate Foster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey said I would swing for the crime and I did . . . I wear the rope-mark like a mourning necklace.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, the family of Maggie Dickson - hanged for the murder of her newborn child - drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them; passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is Maggie. She is alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family's questions. All that matters to her is answering one: will they hang her twice?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Kate Foster:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRiveting . . . The tension persists until the last page\u003c\/em\u003e - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTense, thrilling . . . with a decidedly feminist slant\u003c\/em\u003e - Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKate excels at bringing the forgotten women of history back to life and giving them the attention they deserve\u003c\/em\u003e - Claire Evans, author of The Fourteenth Letter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaptivating . . . Scratch beneath the surface of a Kate Foster novel and all of life is there in the most elegant prose\u003c\/em\u003e - Marion Todd, author of the bestselling DI Clare Mackay series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrilliant . . . the new Hilary Mantel\u003c\/em\u003e - Tina Baker, author of What We Did In The Storm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350559998188,"sku":"9781035052073","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/59483bf6f7f53008af042f529c0891da.jpg?v=1772538239","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-mourning-necklace-by-kate-foster-9781035052073","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}