{"product_id":"9781529928266","title":"A Short Walk Through a Wide World","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Westerbeke, Douglas \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/06\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529928266,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perfect summer read: a spellbinding fantasy adventure that follows a young woman struck down by a mysterious curse, and her extraordinary journey in search of survival.  ‘Races around the globe, through deserts and cities, across oceans’ OPRAH DAILYThe International Bestseller  ***** READERS LOVE A SHORT WALK *****‘A unique blend of adventure and fantasy’‘You just cannot put the book down’‘A true love letter to travel, adventure and discovery’‘The world-building is amazing’‘This book is incredible’‘I loved every page of it’Paris, 1885. On an otherwise ordinary night, Aubry Tourvel – spoiled, stubborn and nine years old – is suddenly struck down by a mysterious illness at the family dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When a visit to a doctor only makes her worse, Aubry flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realises that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e She has no choice: she must run from this curse. And so begins her incredible lifelong journey across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But with risk at every turn, what will it take for Aubry to survive?* * ** As seen on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show Book Club * ‘An epic adventure…rich with all the possibilities the world can hold’ PEOPLE ‘Imagine Life of Pi and The Midnight Library rolled into one’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘Dazzling… I savoured every page’ SHELBY VAN PELT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55287561585013,"sku":"9781529928266","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529928266_f5e13505-8b02-4141-9b95-22d3f56a69c1.jpg?v=1759660097","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529928266","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}