{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-wide-seas-islander-paperback","title":"Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Goddard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Someone always leaves.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's what Tovo has been saying to anyone who asks him why his great-nephew Kip Mdang isn't at his side, isn't fulfilling the tasks and obligations of the tanà, isn't there to tend the fire, isn't \u003cem\u003ehome\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Someone always leaves,\" Tovo reminds them. \"Kip will return when it's time.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wonders, though. He wonders if his errant grand-nephew was really as bright and as promising as they all thought he was. He wonders if Kip has forgotten the \u003cem\u003eLays\u003c\/em\u003e, forgotten what it means to be an Islander, forgotten everything that Tovo taught him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf course, the simplest solution to Tovo's doubts is to go and see for himself. Someone always leaves, after all. Even to the other side of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42097019846791,"sku":"9781988908502","price":13.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ae5e73b9c01ee334a167751000f82adb.webp?v=1732347533","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-wide-seas-islander-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}