{"product_id":"nell","title":"Nell","description":"\u003cp\u003eForged in the freedom of New Zealand’s high country in the early years of the twentieth century, Nell will yearn for a life that transcends the confines of family expectation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVowing to keep alive the flame of inner freedom, Nell finds that freedom tested: by husband Herb’s pride and the demands of family life on a Maniototo sheep station. Herb betrays her trust. Love comes calling and must be reckoned with. There is tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo wars, a pandemic and the Depression keep Nell pinned within society’s matrix. Is it even possible for a woman of Nell’s era to hold her own?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA captivating novel, conjured from impressions of the author’s grandmother,each scene a bright bead in the necklace of Nell’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeaking of the experience of writing a novel of her grandmother’s life, Todd says: I expected gaps and guesswork, but instead found a presence and a life, vivid and corporeal, that unfolded scene by scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Fiona Farrell describes the bookPowerfully authentic, with a deep truth at its core, Penelope Todd’s latest novel celebrates the beauty of a life of quiet stoicism, following a simple path. The clamour of twentieth century history fades beyond the richly observed detail of one woman’s life: from childhood to youth and love, marriage, childbirth, loss and the consolations of friendship, a garden, and the wide vistas of Otago’s high country. To read it becomes a kind of meditation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BATEMAN BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40956610019392,"sku":"9781738594337","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0876\/8576\/files\/9781738594337.jpg?v=1775095296","url":"https:\/\/thepageandprose.co.nz\/products\/nell","provider":"The Page and Prose Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}