{"product_id":"what-fools-we-have-been","title":"What Fools We Have Been","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMorecambe Bay, Lancashire:\u003c\/strong\u003e After his father’s death, a son clears out his parents’ house. When he finds a series of haunting photographs of Morecambe Bay, taken by his father towards the end of his life, it sparks a journey through the scattered memories and broken connections of five generations of family history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlowing from the vibrant post-war Jewish community of London''s east end, to the quiet suburban streets of Stanmore, and back to the Lancashire coast, the story cascades down through each generation’s shifting perspective. A wife appeases her charismatic yet destructive husband; a son reimagines the jigsaw of his mother’s life; a granddaughter tries to heal the traumas of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Fools We Have Been\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis an exploration of memory, identity, and the trail of damage left in the wake of wartime trauma. It asks: What is it that makes us who we are? Is it possible to repair the wreckage of the past?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57492231782773,"sku":"9781917837453","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781917837453.jpg?v=1786529061","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/what-fools-we-have-been","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}