{"product_id":"9781529155839","title":"Maria, Maria - Signed First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Galvao, Jennifer | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 04\/03\/2027 by Cornerstone (Hutchinson Heinemann) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e222 x 138mm | 462g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned First Edition - Hardback - Publishes March 4th\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Breathtaking.' ANN PATCHETT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A tremendous achievement.' ANN NAPOLITANO, author of Hello Beautiful\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A soaring tale of love, longing and desire.' LUCY STEEDS, author of The Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful, sensuous ... a world suspended in time.'MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Made me think of Elena Ferrante - it's that good.' CLARE LESLIE HALL, author of Broken Country\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Sweeping yet intimate, heart-breaking yet hopeful.'JENNIE GODFREY, author of The List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eIntimate, atmospheric, and infused with a powerful yearning, Maria, Maria is inspired by a piece of the author’s own family history. Jennifer Galvão's debut novel is a story of hope and endurance – in which the deepest bonds form not between lovers, but rivals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57730271805815,"sku":"9781529155839","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781529155839.jpg?v=1794304880","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529155839","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}