{"product_id":"as-the-women-lay-dreaming-paperback","title":"As the Women Lay Dreaming - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald S. Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2020 PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful, poignant and award-winning novel, set across two decades, of the UK's worst peacetime maritime disaster since the Titanic: the 1919 Iolaire tragedy off the coast of Isle of Lewis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful novel... A poignant exploration of love, loss and survivor's guilt.' Nick Rennison, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTormod Morrison was there that terrible night. He was on board HMY Iolaire when it smashed into rocks and sank, killing some 200 servicemen on the very last leg of their long journey home from war. For Tormod - a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips - the disaster would mark him indelibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decades later, Alasdair and Rachel are sent to the windswept Isle of Lewis to live with Tormod in his traditional blackhouse home, a world away from the Glasgow of their earliest years. Their grandfather is kind, compassionate, but still deeply affected by the remarkable true story of the Iolaire shipwreck - by the selfless heroism and desperate tragedy he witnessed. A deeply moving novel about passion constrained, coping with loss and a changing world, \u003ci\u003eAs the Women Lay Dreamin\u003c\/i\u003eg explores how a single event can so dramatically impact communities, individuals and, indeed, our very souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald S Murray is a writer and poet whose work has been awarded\u003cb\u003e The Society of Authors' Paul Torday Memorial Prize \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e The Callum Macdonald Memorial Award at Scotland's National Book Awards.\u003c\/b\u003e His acclaimed books bring to life the culture and nature of the Scottish Islands, and he appears regularly on \u003cb\u003eBBC Radio 4\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBBC Radio Scotland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766465331488,"sku":"9781913393489","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9558b19795ed0ce81451be4790843510.webp?v=1780293123","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/as-the-women-lay-dreaming-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}