{"product_id":"mr-peacocks-possessions","title":"MR PEACOCKS POSSESSIONS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eAn intimate, intense, beautifully realised novel of possession, power and loss of innocence, for fans of \u003ci\u003eMister Pip\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 17 May 2018\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: ZAFFRE\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intelligent, beautifully written story about a dysfunctional family in a sinister paradise' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOceania 1879. A family of settlers from New Zealand are the sole inhabitants of a remote volcanic island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor  two years they have struggled with the harsh reality of trying to make  this unforgiving place a paradise they can call their own. At last, a ship appears. The six Pacific Islanders on board have travelled eight  hundred miles across the ocean in search of work and new horizons. Hopes are high for all, until a vulnerable boy vanishes. In their search for the lost child, settlers and newcomers together uncover far  more than they were looking for. The island's secrets force them all  to question their deepest convictions.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMr Peacock's Possessions\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Syson's novel, a modern take on the literary genre known (after Robinson Crusoe) as the robinsonade, is \u003cb\u003ea haunting exploration \u003c\/b\u003eof Lizzie's disillusion with her father's dreams and their damaging consequences' \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Syson's novel is \u003cb\u003erichly evocative\u003c\/b\u003e of a Pacific world in flux, as \u003cb\u003ecultures clash and individuals battle to find their place \u003c\/b\u003eamid the ensuing confusion . . . a \u003cb\u003every moving story \u003c\/b\u003eof   fathers and children, of faith and disillusion, and of the dangerous   consequences of trying to take possession of people as well as land'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lushly written\u003c\/b\u003e, with \u003cb\u003eimmaculate historical detail, \u003c\/b\u003eit worked for me on many levels' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen and Home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As \u003cb\u003ecompelling, mysterious and haunting \u003c\/b\u003eas the troubled tropical paradise it portrays . . . Syson doesn't just write about the past, she transports us there. \u003cb\u003eA tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePiers Torday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ewonderful book full of drama, courage and aspirations\u003c\/b\u003e. The language is rich and the characters so humanely drawn' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Drinkwater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A\u003cb\u003e thrilling story of love and courage, brutality and hope \u003c\/b\u003eall told with equal measures \u003cb\u003eof deep humanity, imagination and élan.  \u003c\/b\u003eLydia  Syson has an amazing gift of bringing history alive through  richness  of language, dramatic pace and fabulous visual imagery. This is  better  than watching a film!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Sebba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With its \u003cb\u003echorus of vivid voices\u003c\/b\u003e, Lydia Syson's novel\u003cb\u003e reminds us why we consumed \u003ci\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railway \u003c\/i\u003eso avidly'\u003cbr\u003eMichelle Lovric\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'What a \u003cb\u003epowerful, rich and fascinating\u003c\/b\u003e book. Dark historical events are interwoven with the mystery of a missing child on a remote Pacific island in 1879. \u003cb\u003eHighly compelling\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnna Mazzola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwiss Family Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e in Lydia Syson's \u003cb\u003esuperb\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eengrossing\u003c\/b\u003e book. 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