{"product_id":"9781529155839","title":"Maria, Maria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathtaking.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANN PATCHETT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tremendous achievement.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANN NAPOLITANO, author of \u003ci\u003eHello Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A soaring tale of love, longing and desire.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLUCY STEEDS, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful, sensuous ... a world suspended in time.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Made me think of Elena Ferrante - it's that good.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLARE LESLIE HALL, author of \u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sweeping yet intimate, heart-breaking yet hopeful.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJENNIE GODFREY, author of \u003ci\u003eThe List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Takes us to fascinating, rarely explored corners of history and the heart.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM L STEDMAN, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Light Between Oceans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Far-Flung Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful, tender story of love, grief and penmanship.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePANDORA SYKES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lush, vivid and gorgeous.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHARLOTTE McCONAGHY, author of \u003ci\u003eWild Dark Shore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tender, sensual, thrilling.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSARA COLLINS, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Frannie Langton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simply a marvel.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJENNY JACKSON, author of \u003ci\u003ePineapple Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmidst the vast, sunlit cornfields of Portugal, Maria Lucilia receives a letter. The note is from her husband, Benedito da Silva, who is in exile - serving a punishing seven-year sentence as a fisherman with the White Fleet. But Bene cannot read or write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the icy port town of St John's, Newfoundland, another woman welcomes Bene into her life and composes a letter to a stranger across the sea. Maria Alvares, a widowed shopkeeper, knows the uneasy power she wields - the other woman, lending a voice for the man she loves to reach the wife he left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough thousands of miles stand between them, the two Marias are drawn irresistibly to know each other. Slowly, in the margins and footnotes of the letters, a deep connection emerges: fears, hopes, and secrets neither woman has spoken aloud. What grows between them has the power to sustain - or undo - them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntimate, atmospheric, and infused with a powerful yearning, \u003ci\u003eMaria, Maria\u003c\/i\u003e is inspired by a piece of the author's own family history. Jennifer Galv¦o's debut novel is a story of hope and endurance - in which the deepest bonds form not between lovers, but rivals. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galvao, Jennifer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57026378957186,"sku":"9781529155839","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781529155839.jpg?v=1794307901","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529155839","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}