{"product_id":"books-boat-number-five-by-monika-kompankov","title":"Boat Number Five","description":"The moving yet humorous story of a girl struggling to care for herself and others in post-communist Slovakia.   Emotionally neglected by her immature, promiscuous mother and made to care for her cantankerous dying grandmother, twelve-year-old Jarka is left to fend for herself in the social vacuum of a post-communist concrete apartment-block jungle in Bratislava, Slovakia. She spends her days roaming the streets and daydreaming in the only place she feels safe: a small garden inherited from her grandfather. One day, on her way to the garden, she stops at a suburban railway station and impulsively abducts twin babies. Jarka teeters on the edge of disaster, and while struggling to care for the babies, she discovers herself. With a vivid and unapologetic eye, Monika Kompaníková captures the universal quest for genuine human relationships amid the emptiness and ache of post-communist Europe. Boat Number Five, which was adapted into an award-winning Slovak film, is the first of two books that launch Seagull’s much-anticipated Slovak List.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53505448706321,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780857428899.jpg?v=1778097043","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-boat-number-five-by-monika-kompankov","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}