{"product_id":"illuminated-ruins","title":"Illuminated Ruins","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs6466C8B{10.5pt;font-weight:bold;color:#1A1A1A;font-style:italic;Arial;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs31346E4{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.6;text-indent:0pt} .csA05640B{10.5pt;font-weight:bold;color:#1A1A1A;font-style:normal;Arial;} .cs770278B{10.5pt;font-weight:normal;color:#1A1A1A;font-style:normal;Arial;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs31346E4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csA05640B\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A thoughtful and haunting exploration of history, belonging, and the ways childhood innocence is shaped by the complicated world of adults.’—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs6466C8B\"\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs31346E4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csA05640B\"\u003eHong Kong, 1956. On the heights of The Peak, the only way to survive the past is to bury it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs31346E4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs770278B\"\u003eFor Uri Weiss and his wife, Lujza, life in the British colony is a tailored mask. Hungarian Jewish doctors who escaped the wreckage of Europe only to endure Japanese occupation, they have rebuilt themselves through a fragile, assimilated restraint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs31346E4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs770278B\"\u003eThe arrival of the Mackays upends this peace. Hugh is a charismatic American with shadowy connections and Nancy is his effortlessly poised wife. As the families entwine, their daughters – Millie and Anne – form a bond so intense it threatens to consume them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs31346E4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs770278B\"\u003eWhile the adults navigate the social rituals of the colony, the children retreat to the island’s illuminated ruins. Playing among bombed-out shells and wartime bunkers, they mirror a world of missions and cover stories. But when Anne reveals a truth Millie’s parents have kept unspoken for a decade, the foundations of their universe fracture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs770278B\"\u003eAs the Suez Crisis ignites, the children’s games lead them from the safety of The Peak into the Triad-controlled underworld of the Walled City. In a landscape of stolen identities, both families must finally confront the violence they can no longer outrun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67995865219348,"sku":"9781761154959","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9781761154959_1.jpg?v=1793927371","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/illuminated-ruins","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}