{"product_id":"the-land-in-winter-by-andrew-miller","title":"The Land In Winter by Andrew Miller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e2025 Winston Graham Historical Prize for Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Tender, elegant, soulful and perfect...Superb.”—Samantha Harvey, Booker Prize-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOrbital\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecember 1962: In a village deep in the English countryside, two neighboring couples begin the day. Local doctor Eric Parry commences his rounds in the village while his pregnant wife, Irene, wanders the rooms of their old house, mulling over the space that has grown between the two of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the farm nearby lives Irene’s mirror image: witty but troubled Rita Simmons is also expecting. She spends her days trying on the idea of being a farmer’s wife, but her head still swims with images of a raucous past that her husband, Bill, prefers to forget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Rita and Irene meet across the bare field between their houses, a clock starts. There is still affection in both their homes; neither marriage has yet to be abandoned. But when the ordinary cold of December gives way—ushering in violent blizzards of the harshest winter in living memory—so do the secret resentments harbored in all four lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn exquisite, page-turning examination of relationships, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a masterclass in storytelling—proof yet again that Andrew Miller is one of the most dazzling chroniclers of the human heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Andrew Miller’s writing is a source of wonder and delight.”—Hilary Mantel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107730243825,"sku":null,"price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/9757\/8890\/files\/landinwinter.jpg?v=1762649111","url":"https:\/\/shopsouthandpine.com\/products\/the-land-in-winter-by-andrew-miller","provider":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}