{"product_id":"9780007313334_the-knot","title":"The Knot","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the Orange New Writers shortlisted ‘The Book of Fires’, an extraordinary tale of love and science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Henry Lyte brings his young bride Frances home to his Somerset estate, he hopes she will share in his devotion to the garden – a refuge of fruit trees and flower beds, with a knot of herbs at its heart. Henry is a scholar, and his life’s work is his ‘herbal’ – a book of plants and their medicinal properties, intended for those who cannot afford physicians’ expensive cures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut life on the edges of the flood plains makes Frances uneasy, and there are strange rumours abroad concerning the death of Henry’s first wife – rumours that can be traced to Henry’s step-mother Joan Young, a grasping woman eager to seize control of the family’s lands. And while Henry cannot tear himself from his studies, he stands the risk of losing everything he loves…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Borodale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895416049813,"sku":"9780007313334","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007313334_850126ca-b429-4b4c-8b1a-940b6ba8ce55.jpg?v=1776888565","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007313334_the-knot","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}