{"product_id":"pages-of-the-sea","title":"Pages of the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2025 RSL Christopher Bland Prize - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize in Fiction - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGlobe\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Best Book of 2024 - A \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e Best Fiction Book of 2024 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A CBC Best Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn a Caribbean island in the mid-1960s, a young girl copes with the heavy cost of migration.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her mother emigrates to England to find work, Wheeler and her older sisters are left to live with their aunts and cousins. She spends most days with her cousin Donelle, knocking about their island community. They know they must address their elders properly and change their shoes after church. And during the long, quiet weeks of Lent, when the absent sound of the radio seems to follow them down the road, they look forward to kite season. But Donelle is just a child, too, and though her sisters look after her with varying levels of patience, Wheeler couldn't feel more alone. Everyone tells her that soon her mother will send for her, but how much longer will it be? And as she does her best to navigate the tensions between her aunts, why does it feel like there's no one looking out for her at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of sisterhood, secrets, and the sacrifices of love, \u003ci\u003eThe Pages of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is a tenderly lyrical portrait of innocence and an intensely moving evocation of what it's like to be a child left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46610370887849,"sku":"PHBK-9781771966535","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/pages-of-the-sea","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}