{"product_id":"9780008826482","title":"When Everything Was Burning","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Rich in imagery and full of secrets, the heat of the summer of 1976 is brought vividly to life in \u003cem\u003eWhen Everything Was Burning\u003c\/em\u003e. A thoughtful, atmospheric debut that signals a new talent’ \u003cstrong\u003eKate Atkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A tender, beautifully observed novel about family, survival and the different ways in which we search for love. It is so moving, I read the final pages with my heart in my mouth’ \u003cstrong\u003eClare Leslie Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the blazing summer of 1976, as Britain buckles under drought, fire and a strange, airless heat, the Robinson family are living under pressures of their own. Then, on a stifling Sunday in June, a single terrible moment changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the years that follow, a mother and her children – along with the neighbours, friends and lovers drawn into their lives – must live with the aftermath of that day, each carrying their own version of what happened. At the centre is Philip, trying to make sense of a childhood marked by tenderness and fear, of first love discovered in secret, and of memory’s shifting, unreliable truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with atmosphere and quiet tension, \u003cem\u003eWhen Everything Was Burning\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about what survives after the worst has happened: the heat that lingers in a family long after the flames have died, the stories that harden into truth, and the fragile, stubborn ways people go on loving one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e****\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alison Barrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67673107890325,"sku":"9780008826482","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008826482.png?v=1791527287","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008826482","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}