{"product_id":"9781913393489","title":"As the Women Lay Dreaming","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Murray, Donald S \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWestern Isles, Outer Hebrides\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 June 2022 by Saraband in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Donald S Murray's Lewis Collection' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 128 x 25 | 216g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the small hours of January 1st, 1919, the cruellest twist of fate changed at a stroke the lives of an entire community. Tormod Morrison was there that terrible night. He was on board HMY Iolaire when it smashed into rocks and sank, killing some 200 servicemen on the very last leg of their long journey home from war. For Tormod – a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips – the disaster would mark him indelibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decades later, Alasdair and Rachel are sent to the windswept Isle of Lewis to live with Tormod in his traditional blackhouse home, a world away from the Glasgow of their earliest years. Their grandfather is kind, compassionate, but still deeply affected by the remarkable true story of the Iolaire shipwreck – by the selfless heroism and desperate tragedy he witnessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deeply moving novel about passion constrained, coping with loss and a changing world, As the Women Lay Dreaming explores how a single event can so dramatically impact communities, individuals and, indeed, our very souls.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44043136336131,"sku":"9781913393489","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781913393489_2515d8c2-d47e-4e5b-968c-7a31f9d39a8f.jpg?v=1731420491","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781913393489","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}