{"product_id":"the-still-point-amy-sackville-9781582438009","title":"The Still Point","description":"At the turn of the twentieth century, Arctic explorer Edward Mackley sets out to reach the North Pole and vanishes into the icy landscape without a trace. He leaves behind a young wife, Emily, who awaits his return for decades, her dreams and devotion gradually freezing into rigid widowhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A hundred years later, on a sweltering mid-summer's day, Edward's great-grand-niece Julia moves through the old family house, attempting to impose some order on the clutter of inherited belongings and memories from that ill-fated expedition, and taking care to ignore the deepening cracks within her own marriage. But as afternoon turns into evening, Julia makes a discovery that splinters her long-held image of Edward and Emily's romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Still Point\u003c\/i\u003e moves through past, present, and future, with dreams revealing a universal simultaneity to the choices we must all make in the faces of love and passion. Long-listed for the Orange Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Still Point\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful literary debut, masterfully told in the language of the heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Sackville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1582438005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582438009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Amy Sackville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073772744959,"sku":"9781582438009","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1079b28-d2de-4fc0-9863-1354486e7a31.jpg?v=1685449813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-still-point-amy-sackville-9781582438009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}