{"product_id":"flatlands-9781911590842","title":"Flatlands","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving tale of unlikely friendship and the beauty of nature, set in the wild wetland landscape of the English Fens during World War II \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e, this gorgeous coming of age explores the connection between Philip, a conscientious objector, and Freda, a young London evacuee housed by a cruel family \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreda is a twelve-year-old evacuee from East London, who has been sent away at the start of the war, leaving behind everything familiar to her, to escape the expected German bombing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her new temporary home in Lincolnshire, Freda finds herself billeted with a strange, cold and, ultimately, abusive couple, whose lives mirror the barren landscape in which they live a hand to mouth existence, based upon subsistence farming and poaching. There, deprived of any warmth, she meets a young man - Philip Rhayader -a conscientious objector who has left Oxford and his prospective vocation in the church following a nervous breakdown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether they explore the wild, beautiful landscape of the Wash, teeming with migrating birds, and nurse an injured goose back to health. As they do so, Philip introduces Freda to the wonders of the natural world and its enduring power to heal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911590842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Sue Hubbard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42843664351413,"sku":"9781911590842","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_34bdaea7-26f3-4248-bcab-8ff7c9933b18.jpg?v=1681813318","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/flatlands-9781911590842","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}