{"product_id":"books-amy-and-lan-by-sadie-jones","title":"Amy and Lan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fabulous: vivid and funny, sometimes heart-rendingly sad' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the story of how we came to Frith. And we're never, ever, ever leaving.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Connell and Lan Honey\u003c\/b\u003e are having the \u003ci\u003ebest\u003c\/i\u003e childhood, growing up on a West Country farm - three families, a couple of lodgers, goats, dogs and an orphaned calf called Gabriella Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe parents are best friends too. Originally from the city, they're learning about farming: growing their own vegetables, milking the goats, slaughtering chickens and scything the hay--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Mind your eyes! Don't break your neck! Careful!'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe adults are far too busy to keep an eye on Amy and Lan, and Amy and Lan would never tell them about climbing on the high barn roof, or what happened with the axe that time, any more than their parents would tell them the things \u003ci\u003ethey\u003c\/i\u003e get up to - adult things, like betrayal - that threaten to bring the whole fragile idyll tumbling down...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gently episodic and humorous tale whose sharp-eyed, effervescent child narrators entertain... Beguilingly readable' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jones's evocation of childhood is spot-on: its fierce passions, disaffections, loyalties and suffering' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53768107688209,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781784744816.jpg?v=1783942288","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/books-amy-and-lan-by-sadie-jones","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}