{"product_id":"the-unwilding-9780008637897","title":"The Unwilding","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Marina Kemp\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Compelling and fine and rich, I devoured it' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTESSA HADLEY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Powerfully compelling' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Unbelievably good' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eELIZABETH DAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Complex and nuanced… the perfect definition of summer reading'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e LUCY CALDWELL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Subtle, complex, ambitious'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Book of the Year 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA stunning new novel of power, desire and the secrets all families carry, from the acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNightingale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Marina Kemp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen fledgling writer Zoe arrives at the Sicilian holiday home of famed novelist Don Travers, she feels that she has made it. And yet as the week unfolds it is not Don but his children and unknowable wife, Lydia, who come to intrigue Zoe most. On the fringes, Don’s youngest, Nemony, watches as her older siblings begin to navigate the treacherous waters of the adult world. When her adored oldest sister makes a terrible mistake, the holiday ends suddenly, shattering the fragile balance of their parents’ marriage and the siblings’ lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany years later and in the wake of loss, the events of that summer continue to haunt. Nemony, now a lonely new mother herself, strikes up a chance friendship with Zoe. With her support, Nemony attempts to grapple with the casual damage enacted by her father. But as their relationship deepens, she is soon forced to question the true extent of Zoe’s fascination with the Travers family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracing their lives through Sicily, London and the old mining towns of Appalachia, Nemony must uncover the stories untold – about her implacable father, her troubled mother, and the siblings she might still do anything for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Kemp’s luminous prose and emotional sensitivity make for a novel rich in psychological insight’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Exquisitely written, subtle and transporting'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e SUSSIE ANIE, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTo Fill a Yellow House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Ambitious, immersive'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e OLIVIA SUDJIC, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSympathy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Unflinching, magnificent'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e KAREN POWELL, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFifteen Wild Decembers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A writer to watch’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e FRANCIS SPUFFORD, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLight Perpetual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45847938629783,"sku":"9780008637897","price":885.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780008637897.webp?v=1769297332","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-unwilding-9780008637897","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}