{"product_id":"pearl-9780593688588","title":"Pearl","description":"\u003cb\u003eLONG-LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE - Heartbreaking and redeeming, \u003ci\u003ePearl \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a young woman in a small English village who is struggling with the disappearance of her mother, what feels like a lifetime ago. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A masterful novel, shot through with legend and song. It can be read on many levels: as a mystery, as a story of grief and healing, as a response to a poem. But most of all, it can be read as a story of love.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe - \u003c\/i\u003e\"A gorgeous, swirling, haunted and haunting potion of a book.... How utterly moving, to be under its beautiful, artful spell.\" --Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTinkers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis Other Eden\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeft behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother's love; the smell of fresh herbs, the games they played, and the songs and stories of her childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs time passes, Marianne finds it difficult to adjust, fixated on her mother's disappearance and the secrets she's sure her father is keeping from her. Yet, in one of her mother's dusty old books, she discovers a medieval poem called \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e, and, trusting in the promise of its consolation, it seems as if her life begins to parallel the poem's course. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut questions remain. Marianne is ever more tormented by the unmarked gravestone in the abandoned chapel and the tidal pull of the river, and as her childhood home begins to crumble, the past leads her down a path of self-destruction. Can Marianne ever come to understand her mother's choices? And will her own future as a mother help her find her peace?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5925828\"\u003eSi N. Hughes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593688588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593688589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC066000\"\u003eSmall Town \u0026amp; Rural\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIÂN HUGHES grew up in a small village in Cheshire, where the story of \u003ci\u003ePearl \u003c\/i\u003eis set. Returning to live there after her mother's death, she borrowed from the medieval poem \u003ci\u003ePearl \u003c\/i\u003eto write a story set in an old house she cycled past every day as a child. Her first collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003e The Missing\u003c\/i\u003e (Salt, 2009), was long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award, short-listed for the Felix Dennis and Aldeburgh prizes, and won the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry. \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel, and she lives in Malpas, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44279080910987,"sku":"9780593688588","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_53e52ed6-884f-4f8d-9431-f814e56aadb6.jpg?v=1758652220","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/pearl-9780593688588","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}