{"product_id":"maja-lunde-the-end-of-the-ocean-2019-paperback","title":"Maja Lunde: The End of the Ocean [2019] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the #1 international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe History of Bees\u003c\/i\u003e, a captivating new novel about the threat of a worldwide water shortage as seen through the eyes of a father and daughter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets out on a hazardous voyage to cross an entire ocean in only a sailboat. She is haunted by the loss of the love of her life, and is driven by a singular and all-consuming mission to make it back to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2041, David flees with his young daughter, Lou, from a war-torn Southern Europe plagued by drought. They have been separated from their rest of their family and are on a desperate search to reunite with them once again, when they find Signe's abandoned sailboat in a parched French garden, miles away from the nearest shore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As David and Lou discover personal effects from Signe's travels, their journey of survival and hope weaves together with Signe's, forming a heartbreaking, inspiring story about the power of nature and the human spirit in this second novel from the author of the \"spectacular and deeply moving\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Lisa See) \u003ci\u003eThe History of Bees\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe History of Bees:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'Fans of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go \u003c\/i\u003ewill love \u003ci\u003eThe History of Bees' Good Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Dystopian and electric,\u003cb\u003e this book is set to blow minds everywhere' Stylist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Haunting and poignant ...\u003cb\u003e an important and wonderful book' Dave Goulson, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBee Quest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eSpectacular and deeply moving. \u003c\/b\u003eLunde has elegantly woven together a tale of science and science fiction, dystopia and hope, and the trials of the individual and the strengths of family' Lisa See, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Such is the \u003cb\u003egenius of debut novelist\u003c\/b\u003e Maja Lunde that her tale of three eras-the long past, the tenuous present and the biologically damned future-is strung on the fragile hope of the survival of bees' Jacquelyn Mitchard, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'As a lover of honeybees and a fan of speculative fiction, I was doubly smitten by \u003ci\u003eThe History of Bees\u003c\/i\u003e. Maja Lunde's novel is an \u003cb\u003eurgent reminder of how much our survival depends on those remarkable insects.\u003c\/b\u003e It is also a gripping account of how-despite the cruelest losses-humanity may abide and individual families can heal' Jean Hegland, author of \u003ci\u003eInto the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'By turns devastating and hopeful, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Bees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eresonates powerfully with our most pressing environmental concerns.\u003c\/b\u003e Following three separate but interconnected timelines, Lunde shows us the past, the present, and a terrifying future in a riveting story as complex as a honeycomb' Bryn Greenwood, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Here is a story that is sweeping in scope but intimate in detail'\u003c\/b\u003e Laura McBride, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are Called to Rise\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Lunde, Maja","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51426914959699,"sku":"9781471175527","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51426914992467,"sku":"XG81471175527","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lunde-maja-maja-lunde-the-end-of-the-ocean-2019-paperback-1178676523.jpg?v=1752771799","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/maja-lunde-the-end-of-the-ocean-2019-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}