{"product_id":"a-granite-silence-by-nina-allan-9781529435603","title":"A Granite Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Granite Silence is an exploration - a journey through time to a particular house, in a particular street, Urquhart Road, Aberdeen in 1934, where eight-year-old Helen Priestly lives with her mother and father. Among this long, grey corridor of four-storey tenements, a daunting expanse of granite, working families are squashed together like pickled herrings in their narrow flats. Here are Helen's neighbours: the Topps, the Josses, the Mitchells, the Gordons, the Donalds, the Coulls and the Hunts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReturning home from school for her midday meal, Helen is sent by her mother Agnes to buy a loaf from the bakery at the end of the street. Agnes never sees her daughter alive again. Nina Allan explores the aftermath of Helen's disappearance, turning a probing eye to the close-knit neighbourhood - where everyone knows everyone, at least by sight - and with subtlety and sympathy, explores the intricate layers of truth and falsehood that can coexist in one moment of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFull of echoes, allusions and eerie diversions, A Granite Silence is an investigation into a notorious true crime case, but also a stylish, imaginative inquiry into who gets to tell a story, how it is told, and why.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nina Allan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53709093208405,"sku":"004511","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0877\/7462\/6133\/files\/9781529435603_e30303a3-e4af-40d3-b0c0-06f0cc5de793.jpg?v=1776438302","url":"https:\/\/www.gumshoebooks.com\/products\/a-granite-silence-by-nina-allan-9781529435603","provider":"Gumshoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}