{"product_id":"9780732276997","title":"The Snow Queen","description":"\u003cbr\u003e the second novel from the highly acclaimed author of Coldwater. this beautiful fable-like story ranges from the rigid routines of the Imperial Dancers in pre-revolutionary Russia to exile in Australia at the outbreak of World War two. Russian-born Galina, who has danced for the tsar and for Diaghilev's famous ballet in Paris, operates a highly disciplined dance school - an outpost of Imperial Russia - in the dusty Adelaide of the 1940s and 1950s. From this humble base she goes on to form what becomes Australia's first professional ballet troupe. traveling the country it attracts a beautiful, talented young man. these two enact the story of the snow queen - the stern, beautiful woman who picks out a boy for herself, piercing his heart with a spike of ice, only to have her own pierced cruelly in return. Full of dark memories and secrets from the past, this is a haunting, jewel-like story that will linger in the mind, and confirms Mardi as one of Australia's most exciting new writers.","brand":"Mardi McConnochie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905508987029,"sku":"9780732276997","price":25.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780732276997.jpg?v=1776890029","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780732276997","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}