{"product_id":"9781529422689","title":"The Night Field by Donna Glee Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent, moving ecological fable: w\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eelcome to The Real, where Pyn-Poi's people live in harmony with nature - until a killing stink threatens their whole world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePyn-Poi's mother Marak wants her to grow up to be the matriarch of the tribe, learning how to cook, to make medicines, how to care for everyone, but Pyn-Poi would rather be out among the trees like her father Sook-Sook, learning how persuade tree roots into bridges, to feel when shoots are too crowded, when drooping leaves need attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A moving ecological fable, written with her signature grace and compassion' \u003c\/b\u003eElaine Isaak, author of The Singer's Legacy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen something starts going wrong in The Real: when the rains come, instead of nourishment, they bring a noxious stench that's poisoning people and plants alike. Pyn-Poi is the treewoman now: it's her job. Their only chance is for her to climb to the land beyond the Wall, where the Ancestors live, to plead for their intercession\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePyn-Poi never expected to find a whole new world up there, with people who are very different from her own family and friends - a land where they are killing nature, and that's killing The Real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe trees have a job for Pyn-Poi, and to succeed, she is going to have to be brave and strong and true - no matter what.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43172824055986,"sku":"9781529422689","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781529422689.jpg?v=1689634820","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529422689","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}