{"product_id":"wandering-souls-9780008528812","title":"Wandering Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONA mighty achievement' OCEAN VUONGBeautiful, brilliant' R. F. KUANGDazzling' OBSERVERWill shatter your heart' GLAMOURPowerful' SUNDAY TIMESAn extraordinary story of the journey of one young family through love, loss and unwavering hope.There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies  everything in between is speculation.One night, not long after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh flee their village and embark on a perilous journey in hope of a new life. Separated from their parents and fearing the worst they find themselves travelling alone in the world without a home to return to. After a twist of fate lands them in Thatcher's Britain, they must somehow build new lives there. Will the love they have for each other be enough to keep them together?Wandering Souls is a stunning, life-affirming testament to the healing power of stories.A Time and Guardian book of the yearShortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2023Poignant and lyrical' DAVID NICHOLLSA powerful story of courage, love and unwavering hope' MARIE CLAIREBeautiful I loved every word' PHILIPPA PERRYA deeply affecting reckoning with history' i-DTells one of the most important stories of our times' LUCY CALDWELLSpecial  Reading it is like watching a writer at work' NEW YORK TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I raced through it. \u003cstrong\u003eBeautiful, brilliant, unflinching’\u003c\/strong\u003e R. F. KUANG\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eThis lean, affecting book packs a mighty punch and heralds a dazzling new talent’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003ePowerful\u003c\/strong\u003e … a bold debut that breaks new ground’ \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003edeeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope\u003c\/strong\u003e through a long-overdue portrayal of Vietnamese life in the UK’ OCEAN VUONG\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003eheartbreaking\u003c\/strong\u003e novel … \u003cstrong\u003ea deeply affecting reckoning with history\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003ei-D MAGAZINE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003epoignant\u003c\/strong\u003e saga with its grieving, beating heart firmly in the right place, and heralds the arrival of \u003cstrong\u003ean ambitious and promising new talent\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘A powerful story of courage, love and unwavering hope’\u003c\/strong\u003e             \u003cem\u003eMARIE CLAIRE\u003c\/em\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eSomething special\u003c\/strong\u003e – a polyvocal novel, an essay on inherited trauma and a quiet metafiction about telling stories we don’t own’ \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Meticulously researched and beautifully imagined … \u003cstrong\u003e deeply affecting\u003c\/strong\u003e’ TASH AW\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘As relevant now as it ever was. \u003cstrong\u003eYou won’t get through this without your heart breaking\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eAnOther\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eDeeply moving and deeply generous \u003c\/strong\u003e… I cried reading it’ YARA RODRIGUES FOWLER\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eA searing, sweeping and intimate story of such heart and scope\u003c\/strong\u003e’ RACHEL LONG\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Historical epic \u003cem\u003eWandering Souls\u003c\/em\u003e … [offers] a very different take on the immigrant experience’ \u003cem\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘An \u003cstrong\u003eenormously evocative\u003c\/strong\u003e portrait of dispossession’ \u003cem\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864009519447,"sku":"9780008528812","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008528812.jpg?v=1722269970","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wandering-souls-9780008528812","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}