{"product_id":"9781448109289","title":"Half-Sick Of Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of Granny Hazel’s burial in the back garden, a stranger in his time machine – a machine that bears an uncanny resemblance to a Morris Minor – visits five year-old Edward with a strange request. And Edward agrees to be his friend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Edward is not alone in the world. His twin sister Sophia is about to bring future tragedy upon herself through an all-too-literal misunderstanding of a promise she’s made to their father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo while Sophia stays at home, seemingly condemned to spend the rest of her days in The Manse – a world untouched by modern trappings – Edward is sent to boarding school. There he encounters the kind and the not-so-kind, and meets the strangest child. His name is Alf, and Alf is a boy whose very existence would seem to hint at universes of unlimited possibilities...and who might one day help Edward liberate Sophia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its Gothic backdrop, \u003ci\u003eHalf-Sick of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of many parts: at once a comical tragedy, a dark and dazzlingly told tale of childhood wonder and dismay, of familial dysfunction, of poetry, the imagination and theoretical physics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143118536944,"sku":"9781448109289","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448109289_p0.jpg?v=1763829242","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448109289","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}