{"product_id":"beyond-the-shallow-bank-david-a-wimsett-9781775089049","title":"Beyond the Shallow Bank: A woman searches for herself amidst rumors of the selkies","description":"\u003cp\u003eGold Medal winner at The Bookfest Awards for Magic, Legend \u0026amp; Lore - Bronze medal winner for Women's Historical Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist Margaret Talbot has overcome prejudice and discrimination to become a magazine illustrator at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1901, she suffers a miscarriage that nearly takes her life. Her husband, John, withdraw all emotional and physical contact. Margaret finds she can no longer express that certain something she seeks to say in her paintings and begins to question if she really is an artist.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Talbots come to a small fishing village where Margaret meets many people. One of these is a young woman named Sara who skips, sings nonsense songs and has trouble understanding everyday things, like how wagon wheels go around.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret fears Sara suffered a childhood trauma and is hiding from the real world but some in the village say Sara is a selkie, a magical being from Celtic mythology who walks on the land as a human and swims in the sea as a seal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith the influence of the villagers, and her own self-determination, Margaret strives to discover who she is and want she wants from life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David a. Wimsett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1775089045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781775089049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cape Split Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.48d","brand":"David a. Wimsett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486026707199,"sku":"9781775089049","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a3816a1-9932-433a-bf75-70834fa3fdfc.jpg?v=1778053179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-shallow-bank-david-a-wimsett-9781775089049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}