{"product_id":"light-paperback-3","title":"Light - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Elphinstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay, 1831, and on a tiny island off the Isle of Man a lighthouse provides a harsh living for an unusual family. Lucy and Diya, husbandless and with three children between them, watch over the ancient light on Ellan Bride. Meanwhile the Scottish engineer, Robert Stevenson, is modernising the nation's lighthouses, and Ellan Bride and the future of the family, are under threat. When two surveyors arrive to assess the light, tension escalates to danger point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The heart of this novel is a place described so finely and beguilingly that everyone who reads it will want to go to Ellan Bride.'\u003cbr\u003eHelen Dunmore, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMay, 1831. On a tiny island off the Isle of Man, the lighthouse is manned by an unusual family. Lucy and Diya are husbandless, with three children between them, and life is already harsh. Now their very livelihood is under threat, for Scottish engineer Robert Stevenson is modernising the nation's lighthouses. When two surveyors arrive to\u003cbr\u003eassess the Ellan Bride light, tension escalates to danger point . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Elphinstone's sense of place, time and atmosphere makes for eerie reading and gives the novel an impressive authenticity . . . breathtaking.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Hugely inventive . . . Exuberantly clever.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A rattling good read.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Elphinstone\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight novels, including The Incomer (1987), A Sparrow's Flight (1989), Islanders (1994), The Sea Road (2000), Hy Brasil (2002), Voyageurs (2003) and Light (2006). She has also had published short stories, poetry and two books on organic gardening. Her next book, And Some There Be, will be published by Canongate in 2009. She lives in Glasgow and teaches at the University of Strathclyde.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697046523967,"sku":"9781841959849","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/37fcbf02c8ff31641722ec3a364e0c66.webp?v=1765008276","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/light-paperback-3","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}