{"product_id":"the-blue-book-of-nebo-9781646051007","title":"The Blue Book of Nebo","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, \u003cem\u003e The Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e paints a spellbinding and eerie picture of society's collapse, and the relationships that persist after everything as we know it disappears. After nuclear disaster, Rowenna and her young son are among the rare survivors in rural north-west Wales. Left alone in their isolated hillside cottage, after others have died or abandoned the towns and villages, they must learn new skills in order to remain alive. With no electricity or modern technology they must return to the old ways of living off the land, developing new personal resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile they become more skilled and stronger, the relationship between mother and son changes in subtle ways, as Dylan must take on adult responsibilities, especially once his baby sister Mona arrives. Despite their close understanding, mother and son have their own secrets, which emerge as in turn they jot down their thoughts and memories in a found notebook. As each reflects on their old life and the events since the disaster which has brought normal, twenty-first century life to an end, \u003cem\u003e The Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e becomes a collective confidante, representing the future of their people and a new history to live by.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this prize-winning and best-selling new novel, Manon Steffan Ros not only explores the human capacity to find new strengths when faced with the need to survive, but also the structures and norms of the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646051007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Manon Steffan Ros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41187407364277,"sku":"9781646051007","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f7043b60-bc46-4632-abcd-96f497584b1a.jpg?v=1633437573","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-blue-book-of-nebo-9781646051007","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}