{"product_id":"land-special-independent-bookshop-edition-pre-order","title":"Land - Special Independent Bookshop Edition - PRE-ORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003ePre-order the special, independent bookshop edition of\u003cem\u003e Land\u003c\/em\u003e, an epic portrait of a family navigating the legacy of Ireland's Great Hunger by Maggie O'Farrell. Includes a digital signature, exclusive jacket, and a personal letter from the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* PLEASE NOTE that copies will be shipped\/ready for collection around publication date, 2nd June 2026*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the mapping of Ireland in the mid nineteenth century, \u003cem\u003eLand\u003c\/em\u003e, the new novel from the author of \u003cem\u003eHamnet\u003c\/em\u003e, is at once intimate and epic: a portrait of a family navigating a legacy of upheaval and loss with love and hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomás, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomás is unexpectedly sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomás and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping, and get them both home?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLand\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonisation and rebellion. It is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away. As spellbinding and various as the landscape that inspired it, \u003cem\u003eLand\u003c\/em\u003e is, above all, a story of survival, for our times, and for all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback, 448 pages, published 2nd June 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie O'Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56215189979514,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/2178\/1163\/files\/Land_social_Special_editions_1080x1080px_FEB26_Indies.jpg?v=1779100334","url":"https:\/\/nightowlbooks.co.uk\/products\/land-special-independent-bookshop-edition-pre-order","provider":"Night Owl Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}