{"product_id":"9781844086481","title":"The Cast Iron Shore","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Grant, Linda\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 July 2010 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 128 x 31 | 296g\u003cp\u003eThis is a capacious and wide-ranging book, not just about individuals but about the history they move through. Whether the scene is Liverpool in the Blitz, a potato-chip factory in the prairies or a seedy hotel room in Hanoi, the writing is immediate . . . Grant approaches each character with insight and a tart sympathy' Hilary Mantel, Literary ReviewSybil Ross has been brought up by her Jewish furrier father and style-obsessed mother as an empty-headed fashion plate. But on the worst night of Liverpool's blitz she uncovers a secret that leaves her disorientated. When the war is over, Sybil embarks on a voyage that leads her to the very edge of America, and to a final choice. THE CAST IRON SHORE is a beautuful evocation of one woman's journey from the 1930s to the 1990s, combining the personal and political in an outstanding first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grant, Linda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50665993961656,"sku":"9781844086481","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781844086481.jpg?v=1734725475","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781844086481","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}