{"product_id":"the-high-house-hardcover","title":"The High House - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessie Greengrass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2021 Costa Novel Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this powerful, highly anticipated novel from an award-winning author, four people attempt to make a home in the midst of environmental disaster.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerched on a sloping hill, set away from a small town by the sea, the High House has a tide pool and a mill, a vegetable garden, and, most importantly, a barn full of supplies. Caro, Pauly, Sally, and Grandy are safe, so far, from the rising water that threatens to destroy the town and that has, perhaps, already destroyed everything else. But for how long? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaro and her younger half-brother, Pauly, arrive at the High House after her father and stepmother fall victim to a faraway climate disaster--but not before they call and urge Caro to leave London. In their new home, a converted summer house cared for by Grandy and his granddaughter, Sally, the two pairs learn to live together. Yet there are limits to their safety, limits to the supplies, limits to what Grandy--the former village caretaker, a man who knows how to do everything--can teach them as his health fails. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA searing novel that takes on parenthood, sacrifice, love, and survival under the threat of extinction, \u003ci\u003eThe High House \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning, emotionally precise novel about what can be salvaged at the end of the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessie Greengrass spent her childhood in London and Devon. She studied philosophy in Cambridge and now lives in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, with her partner and children. Her collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eAn Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Edge Hill Prize and Somerset Maugham Award. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, \u003ci\u003eSight\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe High House\u003c\/i\u003e is her most recent novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767217815840,"sku":"9781982180119","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3a4ace11e20792cc872d6573220afcba.webp?v=1780306909","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-high-house-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}