{"product_id":"9781529928266","title":"A Short Walk Through a Wide World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Douglas Westerbeke\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical adventure | Fantasy | Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e June 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 416 pages \u003cbr\u003e129mm x 198mm x 29mm | 292g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perfect summer read: a spellbinding fantasy adventure that follows a young woman struck down by a mysterious curse, and her extraordinary journey in search of survival.  ‘Races around the globe, through deserts and cities, across oceans’ OPRAH DAILYThe International Bestseller  ***** READERS LOVE A SHORT WALK *****‘A unique blend of adventure and fantasy’‘You just cannot put the book down’‘A true love letter to travel, adventure and discovery’‘The world-building is amazing’‘This book is incredible’‘I loved every page of it’Paris, 1885. On an otherwise ordinary night, Aubry Tourvel – spoiled, stubborn and nine years old – is suddenly struck down by a mysterious illness at the family dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When a visit to a doctor only makes her worse, Aubry flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realises that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e She has no choice: she must run from this curse. And so begins her incredible lifelong journey across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But with risk at every turn, what will it take for Aubry to survive?* * ** As seen on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show Book Club * ‘An epic adventure…rich with all the possibilities the world can hold’ PEOPLE ‘Imagine Life of Pi and The Midnight Library rolled into one’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘Dazzling… I savoured every page’ SHELBY VAN PELT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335741882743,"sku":"9781529928266","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781529928266.jpg?v=1750327667","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781529928266","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}