{"product_id":"9780007529940","title":"Memory of Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Itaranta, Emmi \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/02\/2015,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780007529940,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the lyricism of Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME GO, and the world building brilliance of Atwood, Emmi Itäranta’s effortless and poignant debut novel is a coming of age story full of emotional drama and wonderment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Some secrets demand betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'You’re seventeen, and of age now, and therefore old enough to understand what I’m going to tell you,’ my father said. ‘This place doesn’t exist.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘I’ll remember,’ I told him, but didn’t realise until later what kind of promise I had made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When Noria Kaitio reaches her seventeenth birthday, she is entrusted with the secret of a freshwater spring hidden deep within the caves near her small rural village. Its preservation has been the responsibility of her family for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Apprenticed to her father, one of the last true tea masters, when Noria takes possession of the knowledge, she become much more than the guardian of ancestral treasure; soon, she will hold the fate of everyone she loves in her hands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697670946860,"sku":"9780007529940","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780007529940.jpg?v=1722598451","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780007529940","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}