{"product_id":"the-stolen-child-9781784706159","title":"The Stolen Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven-year-old Henry Day is kidnapped by fairy changelings living in the dark forest near his home - ageless beings whose secret community is threatened by encroaching modern life. They give Henry a new name, Aniday, and the gift of agelessness - now and forever, he will be seven years old. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe group has left another child in Henry's place. This changeling boy, who has morphed himself into Henry's duplicate, must adjust to a new way of life and hide his true identity from the Day family. But he can't hide his extraordinary talent for the piano, and his near-perfect performances prompt his father to suspect that he is an impostor. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he grows older the new Henry Day becomes haunted by vague but persistent memories of life in another time and place. Both Henry and Aniday search obsessively for who they were before they changed places in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA welcome addition to the field of contemporary fantasy...sparklingly quirky.. wistfully elegiac...Overall it is a gently redemptive parable about becoming oneself * Scotland on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eKeith Donohue evokes the otherworldly with humor and the ordinary with wonder. \u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Child\u003c\/i\u003e is unsentimental and vividly imagined. I enjoyed it immensely -- Audrey Niffenegger\u003cbr\u003eA remarkably deep and strange read * Arena *\u003cbr\u003eRemarkably accomplished * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eUtterly absorbing...Impressive...Beautiful...A luminous and thrilling novel about our humanity * Washington Post *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020438962519,"sku":"9781784706159","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784706159.jpg?v=1750783431","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-stolen-child-9781784706159","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}