{"product_id":"way-the-wind-blows","title":"Way the Wind Blows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen man answers his door, everything he thought he knew is proved wrong. He is told his daughter, the daughter he has mourned for nearly forty years, is alive. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Way the Wind Blows\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e moves between the coalfields of County Durham and the battlefields of France and Flanders, spanning four decades from the 1890s to 1933. At its centre is John Little, a stretcher bearer, a survivor and a father, who is drawn from real family history of the author. John’s life is shaped by a deception he did not know was happening and a love that believed the lie was justified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a novel about motherhood and loss, about betrayal and the stories families tell themselves to survive. About whether the truth, when it finally arrives, can heal what silence broke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the author’s own family history, written with the authority of deep roots in the northeast mining community, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Way the Wind Blows\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is historical fiction with the intimacy of a secret finally told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507648471413,"sku":"9781806346714","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/way-the-wind-blows","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}