{"product_id":"the-radiant-road-by-katherine-catmull-9780525953470","title":"The Radiant Road","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClare Macleod has lived all her life with an awareness of the Strange, tales of fairies and magic-making told to her by her mother who died years ago. No longer a child, Clare learned to suppress the magic that haunted the corners of her life, to say the word 'fairy' with the appropriate disbelief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut after years of living in America, Clare and her father return to Ireland, to the house where Clare was born—a house built into a hillside with an ancient tree for a wall. For Clare, the house is not only full of memories of her mother, but of the Strange and a mysterious boy with raven-dark hair, and of dreamlike nights filled with stars and magic. In this place, magic—both bright and dark—will not sit quietly in a corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Radiant Road\u003c\/em\u003e establishes Katherine Catmull as a master of the modern fairy tale, delivering a gorgeous, haunting, and wonderfully strange story. Anne Ursu, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Real Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBreadcrumbs\u003c\/em\u003e, praises this narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKatherine Catmull deftly weaves Clare's contemporary story with ancient Celtic lore, creating a beguiling novel with a strong, engaging protagonist, as noted by Juliet Marillier, author of \u003cem\u003eDaughter of the Forest\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWildwood Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA stunningly atmospheric, gorgeously complicated dream of a book.\u003c\/em\u003e — Publishers Weekly, starred review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Katherine Catmull's \u003cem\u003eSummer and Bird\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA haunting fable inflected with mythological and fairy-tale motifs . . . meticulous, symbol-rich narrative with a light, storyteller's voice . . . languorously beautiful.\u003c\/em\u003e — Kirkus, starred review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46555735720172,"sku":"9780525953470","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780525953470.jpg?v=1750153337","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-radiant-road-by-katherine-catmull-9780525953470","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}