{"product_id":"come-rain-or-come-shine-copy","title":"Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"summary_description\" class=\"section-st pt--4-tb pb--5-tb pt--03-mb pb--05-mb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tt-grid-half-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tt-grid-half-col__item-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLips the colour of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like ‘guilt, and guilt, and guilt’: these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘But what\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe ninth kingdom?’ she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. ‘It is the kingdom of the frozen will,’ comes the reply. ‘There is no going back.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSylvia Plath’s strange, dark tale of independence over infanticide, written not long after she herself left home, grapples with mortality in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDate Published: 03\/01\/2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9780571351732\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56783792275836,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2428\/5821\/files\/maryventuraandtheninthkingdom.jpg?v=1778940364","url":"https:\/\/shop.birminghammuseums.org.uk\/products\/come-rain-or-come-shine-copy","provider":"Birmingham Museums Trust","version":"1.0","type":"link"}