{"product_id":"blood-and-water","title":"Blood and Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan arrives on Dune Island with a plan, settle her late uncle’s estate, sign the papers, and leave within a week. The inheritance is simple, a weathered cottage, a small distillery, a stubborn dog named Walter. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOn paper, nothing she couldn''t sort in a week.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept Susan isn’t just there to close a chapter. She’s running, from Jen, from a loss she cannot yet name, and from a life that has quietly unravelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut Dune Island has been keeping its own secrets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut off on the edge of the Wild Atlantic Way, where the ferry runs on Mick’s time and every glance carries a question, Susan begins to uncover what her uncle Frank left behind, not just property, but a lifetime of silence. And the longer she stays, the more the island reveals, buried stories, unspoken grief, a family history shaped as much by what was hidden as by what was known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd as the past begins to surface, Susan must confront the truths she came to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe came to Dune Island to be alone. The island had other ideas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood and Water\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting, beautifully observed novel about identity, inheritance, and the quiet devastations that echo through generations. With warmth, wit, and emotional precision, Rebecca Murphy introduces a striking new voice in fiction, one that lingers long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the RTÉ Today Show Novel Competition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57492485931381,"sku":"9781917453851","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781917453851.jpg?v=1786529353","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/blood-and-water","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}