{"product_id":"9781526680037","title":"A God in Every Stone","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Shamsie, Kamila \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 June 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 131 x 28 | 296g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A magnificent novel: beautiful, terrible, true … It reads already like a classic' - Ali SmithShortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for FictionGrief never leaves, it merely sinks into you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love. Thousands of miles away a twenty-year-old Pathan, Qayyum Gul, is learning about brotherhood and loyalty in the British Indian army.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer, 1915. Viv has been separated from the man she loves; Qayyum has lost an eye at Ypres. They meet on a train to Peshawar, unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their lives – one that will reveal itself fifteen years later when anti-colonial resistance, an ancient artefact and a mysterious woman will bring them together again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA jewel-like story of the destruction of war and the serendipitous nature of fate, A God in Every Stone traverses the globe into the heart of empires fallen and conquered, demonstrating our place in the chaos of history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55333105107319,"sku":"9781526680037","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781526680037.jpg?v=1750264300","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781526680037","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}