{"product_id":"hard-by-a-great-forest","title":"HARD BY A GREAT FOREST - Leo Vardiashvili","description":"\u003cp\u003e~ Standard Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~ New Release - 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill struggling twenty years later with the sacrifices their mother made to allow their father to free them from a war zone, Saba, his brother Sandro, and their father Irakli are haunted by the places and people they've left behind.  When Irakli goes back to visit and subsequently vanishes, Sandro sets off to find out what happened, but when he goes missing too Saba must set off on an urgent search across his homeland . . .  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTender, raw, and funny, \u003cem\u003eHard by a Great Forest\u003c\/em\u003e is a profound novel set a\u003cspan\u003emid rubble and rebuilding in a former Soviet land that follows a family who must rescue one another and put the past behind them \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eafter the fighting is over.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Vardiashvili has captured the winking, world-weary humor, and magic-realist touches that mark a lot of literature from Europe’s war-torn corners.” -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goodwill Bookstore - London Adelaide","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67735221502204,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/1166\/0466\/files\/20260721_134705_fe2062bd-0718-4f76-b2b2-e7b0971427d9.jpg?v=1792337960","url":"https:\/\/gwbookstore-london.myshopify.com\/products\/hard-by-a-great-forest","provider":"Goodwill Bookstore - London Adelaide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}