{"product_id":"the-bright-fish-james-ward-9781913851415","title":"The Bright Fish","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomething's not right aboard the cruise ship Aurora. Yet that's probably what you \u003cem\u003ewould\u003c\/em\u003e think when you're with the girl you love and everyone else is about fifty years your senior. You're three thousand miles from home, young, and high on emotion. Maybe it just ratchets up the sense of adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And yet perhaps something really \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e wrong. There's the passenger everyone thought was dead, but who reappears one evening in the lounge without comment or explanation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd eighty-year-old Celia Soper who reads Tarot cards, but only for 'the history of the world' ... whatever that means. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then, of course, the disappearances. Which, apparently, only you two have noticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove all, there are the bright fish, creatures the size of dolphins that materialise unexpectedly, at intervals, alongside the hull, glowing with indescribable colours. And which never seem to inspire the sort of delight one might expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Bright Fish\u003c\/em\u003e deals with the meaning of love, and life, and ultimately, death. Are we always essentially alone, or is true interdependency possible? Is death our beginning or end? Or both? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConversely, is the truth stranger than we can possibly imagine?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913851419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913851415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cool Millennium\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"James Ward","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48486305136895,"sku":"9781913851415","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4e47ed2-ebc0-4de4-8292-a63fd70e7898.jpg?v=1778054811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bright-fish-james-ward-9781913851415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}