{"product_id":"the-sooterkin-by-tom-gilling-9781876485023","title":"The Sooterkin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a squally afternoon in the winter of 1821, Sarah Dyer gives birth to the strangest child ever seen in Van Diemen's Land, a thing more seal than human. The Reverend Mr Kidney at first suspects a virgin birth. Mr Sculley, an anatomist and man of science, hails it as the antipodean answer to the elusive Dutch sooterkin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pup is a joy to its parents and a welcome companion to their nine-year-old son, Ned. But when a well-dressed stranger arrives bearing a modest proposal for the infant's future, no-one foresees the trouble that lies ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sooterkin\u003c\/em\u003e is a vividly imagined and wickedly funny tale of an upside-down world turned inside out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47341406814444,"sku":"9781876485023","price":29.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2633993482856.jpg?v=1772191220","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-sooterkin-by-tom-gilling-9781876485023","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}