{"product_id":"the-summer-isles-by-philip-marsden-9781783783007","title":"The Summer Isles","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall. He is sailing for the \u003cem\u003eSummer Isles\u003c\/em\u003e, a small archipelago near the top of Scotland that holds for him a deep and personal significance. On the way, he must navigate the west coast of Ireland and the Inner Hebrides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the people he meets and the tales he uncovers, Marsden builds up a haunting picture of these shores - of imaginary islands and the Celtic otherworld, of the ageless draw of the west, of the life of the sea and perennial loss - and the redemptive power of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Summer Isles\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable account of the search for actual places, invented places, and those places in between that shape the lives of individuals and entire nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072386220268,"sku":"9781783783007","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2444903482823.jpg?v=1765100516","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-summer-isles-by-philip-marsden-9781783783007","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}