{"product_id":"jack-and-the-ghost-hardback-9781517905712","title":"Jack and the Ghost (Hardback) 9781517905712","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJack and the Ghost\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChan Poling (Author), Lucy Michell (Illustrated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517905712\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e72 pages, 55 color plates\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.366 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJack and the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeously illustrated meditation on grief and loss, a poignant reminder to not let the ghosts of the past control the present.\"-Jeremy Messersmith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Finally, a book with pictures that can put a waterproof mascara through its paces.\"-Dessa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJack and the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e is a book with a readership that needs it-they’re waiting for this book. It does its job with simplicity, charm, and beauty.\"-Arthur Phillips, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book winner and international best-selling novelist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Chan Poling and Lucy Michell have put together a gorgeous little book featuring deep loss, the rebirth of life, and lush illustrations that remind me of Ludwig Bemelmans' art for the Madeline series.\"-Geoff Herbach, author of \u003ci\u003eStupid Fast \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJack and the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting tale of lost love and the depths we will go to find it. Jack Cooper seems to have lost everything, but those who love him tell him, with tenderness and strength, tell him he needs to live his life, be a part of the world. This journey from despair to love renewed is, in the end, uplifting, and we are left with hope. In truth, this is a perfect story for all ages.\"-Julie Poling, Red Balloon Bookshop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gothic, lyrical evocation of a shipwreck, ghosts, and lost-and found-love in a North Shore town \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Jack Cooper, last in a long family line of fishermen, lives alone in the remote North Shore town of Greyshore, haunted by grief. But he will discover what it means to be truly haunted when a ghostly woman appears to lure him to land’s end, to the beckoning waves that have broken his heart. In a tale weird and whimsical, as familiar as folklore and as strange as life itself, musical artists Chan Poling and Lucy Michell create a world where even the most hardened soul has to see that grief may be tough, but life is tougher.  \u003cp\u003eAs Jack’s childhood friend, the loyal and endlessly optimistic Red, tries to counter the ghost’s allure, the story exerts its own charm, guiding us through a landscape of prose and pictures at once irreverent and dead serious. Though the book’s surreal seduction might call to mind the likes of Wes Anderson, Edward Gorey, or the Decemberists, it is, finally, Poling and Michell’s singular accomplishment, an enchanting imaginative leap into life’s haunted depths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619248861464,"sku":"9781517905712","price":14.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jack-and-the-ghost-hardback-9781517905712","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}