{"product_id":"shoemaker-and-his-daughter","title":"Shoemaker and his Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eO Clery takes us into the hidden heart of Soviet Russia, following the footsteps of a remarkable family through eighty years of Soviet and Russian history. The Shoemaker and His Daughter is an epic story of love, politics, murder, wars, and the fracturing of ties, personal and ethnic, set against the backdrop of a secretive world at a seismic moment in time. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 14 March 2019\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Transworld Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2020 Michel Déon Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eO Clery takes us into the hidden heart of Soviet Russia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn arresting and evocative story, \u003cem\u003eKeggie Carew, author of \u003cstrong\u003eDadland\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force, \u003cem\u003eLove, politics, murder, wars, and the fracturing of ties, personal and ethnic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eO Clery is a gifted writer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuke Harding, bestselling author of \u003cstrong\u003eCollusion\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Soviet Union, 1962. Gifted shoemaker Stanislav Suvorov is imprisoned for five years. His crime? Selling his car for a profit. On his release, social shame drives him and his family into voluntary exile in Siberia, 5,000 kilometers from home. In a climate that is unfriendly both geographically and politically, it is their chance to start again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shoemaker and His Daughter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eis an epic story spanning the Second World War to the fall of the Soviet Union, taking in eighty years of Soviet and Russian history, from Stalin to Putin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the footsteps of a remarkable family, \u003cem\u003eConor O Clery knows well\u003c\/em\u003e - he is married to the shoemaker's daughter - it is both a compelling insight into life in a secretive world at a seismic moment in time and a powerful tale of ordinary lives shaped by extraordinary times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 268g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 197 x 24 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781784163112\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Conor O'Clery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44105426960634,"sku":"9781784163112","price":8.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/60eb7743d6a28b3b9c66dd9f18830d4b.jpg?v=1624406558","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/shoemaker-and-his-daughter","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}