{"product_id":"signs-for-lost-children-paperback","title":"Signs for Lost Children - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Moss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Victorian Cornwall, a doctor risks her marriage to fight for female asylum patients: \"One of the most memorable heroines of recent fiction \" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize for Historical Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlly Moberley, a recently qualified doctor, never expected to marry until she met architect Tom Cavendish. But only weeks into their marriage, Tom sets out for Japan, leaving Ally as she begins work at the Truro Asylum in Cornwall. \u003cbr\u003eHorrified by the brutal attitudes of male doctors and nurses toward their female patients, Ally plunges into the institutional politics of women's mental health at a time when madness is only just being imagined as treatable. She has to contend with a longstanding tradition of permanently institutionalizing women who are deemed difficult, all the while fighting to be taken seriously in a profession dominated by men. \u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Tom is overseeing the building of lighthouses, and has a commission from a wealthy collector to bring back embroideries and woodwork. As he travels Japan in search of these enchanting objects, he begins to question the value of the life he left in England. As Ally becomes increasingly absorbed in the moral importance of her work, and Tom pursues his interests on the other side of the world, they will return to each other as different people.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the blustery coast of Western England to the landscape of Japan, \u003cem\u003eSigns for Lost Children\u003c\/em\u003e offers a \"fine exploration of marriage and the complex minds of 'lost children'--that is, all of us\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Compelling . . . A quietly devastating portrait of the way identity crumbles when you've nothing, or no one, to pin it to.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Moss\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of three previous novels: \u003ci\u003eNight Waking\u003c\/i\u003e, selected for the Fiction Uncovered Award in 2011, \u003ci\u003eNames for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Prize in 2013, and \u003ci\u003eBodies of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the prestigious Wellcome Prize. \u003ci\u003eSigns for Lost Children\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Wellcome Prize and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Moss teaches Creative Writing at the University of Warwick in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770795098400,"sku":"9781609453794","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ae5e7e9fbf1077d1db929e96477681b6.webp?v=1780378326","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/signs-for-lost-children-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}