{"product_id":"9780857525710","title":"The Vanishing Hours","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Norris, Barney\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 18 July 2019 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Doubleday).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 18 | 322g\u003cp\u003e'Shot through with compassion . . . this dreamlike, winding tale is a joy.' A. L.  KENNEDY 'Moving and unconventionally wise' Guardian This was how I heard the most important story of my life, the thing that decided me, the story that determined who I was in the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a hotel bar in a quiet English town, two strangers meet by chance and share their stories. Hers is of an inconspicuous life, shaken by heartbreak and scattered with unfulfilled dreams. His is a dizzying tale of an unending quest for someone he lost in his youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the blustery cliffs of Dover to the confines of a dark prison cell; from the courtroom witness box to the West End stage, we join him as he slips through time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtraordinary though his story is, what she has to reveal is even more surprising, and will take them to a place neither of them - or you - expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of FIVE RIVERS MET ON A WOODED PLAIN comes this captivating novel about love, abandonment, and the power of stories to help us find meaning in a confusing world - a world that can sometimes threaten to overwhelm us, but one that is rich with possibility, and always full of wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norris, Barney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50665465708728,"sku":"9780857525710","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780857525710.jpg?v=1734697157","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780857525710","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}