{"product_id":"miss-archer-signed-copy","title":"Miss Archer - Signed Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIGNED HARDBACK PRE-ORDER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned Hardback Pre-Order | \u003cem\u003eMiss Archer\u003c\/em\u003e by Jordan Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePre-order a signed hardback copy of \u003cem\u003eMiss Archer\u003c\/em\u003e by Jordan Harrison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Fig Tree, this 256-page hardback is a work of modern and contemporary historical fiction. Thoughtful, elegant and character-led, it is a brilliant choice for readers who enjoy literary fiction, historical novels, beautifully written storytelling and novels with a strong sense of place and period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14 January 2027. All signed hardback pre-orders will be dispatched as soon as stock arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecure your signed copy today from an independent UK bookshop. Carefully packaged to ensure it arrives in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant, exhilarating read: \u003ci\u003eTurn of the Screw \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eRebecca \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go' \u003c\/i\u003eJo Harkin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pretender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou aren't a real person until you have a secret ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the Squares, Dre Archer was always told human history was over. Until the day she is plucked from all she knows, and recruited as governess to an enigmatic five-year-old boy. Albie is rash, emotionally obtuse, and possibly a genius. He also believes the year is 1884-two centuries before Dre was born. Everyone working at his family's grand Victorian manor strives to maintain the illusion, keeping the modern world safely outside their doors. Dre is expected to follow along and not ask questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt first, Dre works hard to embody her role as 'Miss Archer', with comportment lessons and corsets. But somewhere along the way, the performance begins to feel real-as does her bond with this singular boy. Slowly she is overwhelmed by questions: Why the weird adherence to the 19th century, when it's the dawn of the 22nd? Why has she never met Albie's elusive parents? Who are her shadowy employers? And what is her job, really?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her mounting determination to unlock these mysteries, Dre finds herself flouting the draconian rules of the house. As a series of Russian doll-like revelations brings her closer to the truth, Dre must go to dangerous lengths to protect her young charge, who she has, without quite meaning to, come to love as her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiss Archer \u003c\/i\u003eis an audaciously original and propulsive debut that deftly explores our yearning for the analogue world as we tumble into the future, and asks what it truly means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harrison, Jordan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56898343534978,"sku":"9780241790199","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9780241790199.jpg?v=1788875529","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/miss-archer-signed-copy","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}