{"product_id":"used-book-a-year-of-marvellous-ways","title":"USED BOOK: A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePRE-LOVED BOOK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarvellous Ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote Cornish creek for nearly all her life. Lately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope. She's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrake is a young soldier left reeling by the Second World War. When his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in Marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Year of Marvellous Ways\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a glorious, life-affirming story about the magic in everyday life and the pull of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48168661057777,"sku":"9780755390922","price":4.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0173\/0118\/files\/used-book-a-year-of-marvellous-ways-1.jpg?v=1778611126","url":"https:\/\/shop.collagecollage.ca\/products\/used-book-a-year-of-marvellous-ways","provider":"Collage Collage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}