{"product_id":"black-tea-stephen-morris-9781910461389","title":"Black Tea: Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Award 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Award 2020\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighly informed with a unique perspective, Stephen Morris' \u003cem\u003eBlack Tea\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the changing face of Russia over thirty years. Both memoir and travelogue, Stephen hauntingly explores love and identity, commitment and family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Morris was always fascinated by Russia. As a child caught between his evangelical grandmother's warnings on the evils of socialism and his father's activism for nuclear disarmament, his ambiguous position was exemplified by a huge military map of the Soviet Union tacked to his bedroom wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dying days of the Soviet, he travels to Moscow and meets and marries a beautiful Russian. Although in London for a time, his wife and children return to live in rural Russia. Stephen does not go with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe later returns to take them on a trip through Russia, with the hope of reconnecting with his family and the country. Yet the country has changed, and so has his family. Adrift, he embarks on a lyrical journey that will him from the White Sea to the Black Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910461385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910461389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Claret Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.51d","brand":"Stephen Morris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983769731327,"sku":"9781910461389","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1cc0d1ee-15d2-4d92-becf-960005361092.jpg?v=1683268610","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-tea-stephen-morris-9781910461389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}