{"product_id":"the-long-delirious-burning-blue-9781914613463","title":"The Long Delirious Burning Blue","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003eOF WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eIF\u003cbr\u003eWOMEN ROSE ROOTED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eYou and me against the\u003cbr\u003eworld\u003c\/i\u003e, you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me against\u003cbr\u003eeach other.'\u003c\/b\u003eCat Munro - who has never taken\u003cbr\u003ea day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flying\u003cbr\u003elessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not only\u003cbr\u003eof death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish village\u003cbr\u003ewhere she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Though\u003cbr\u003ethey are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the excoriating heat of\u003cbr\u003ethe Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's\u003cbr\u003esoaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, and\u003cbr\u003eof storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, \u003ci\u003eThe Long\u003cbr\u003eDelirious Burning Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of courage, endurance and redemption.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is\u003cbr\u003ethat rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority\u003cbr\u003e... The ending is powerful, \u003cbr\u003efilmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, but\u003cbr\u003erarely reach.' \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e September Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914613463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396","brand":"Sharon Blackie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43624129986741,"sku":"9781914613463","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5fb8e207-ddf5-4d48-86a8-9a629b9b47e4.jpg?v=1707800927","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-long-delirious-burning-blue-9781914613463","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}