{"product_id":"tasting-sunlight-paperback","title":"Tasting Sunlight: The Uplifting, Exquisite Breakout Bestseller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEwald Arenz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary bond develops between an angry teenage runaway and a middle-aged woman running a large farm on her own, as they work the land and slowly heal ... the sublime, achingly beautiful debut that everyone is talking about...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Such a timely tale ... hopeful and poignant and lyrically told. A truly compassionate and heartening book  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulturefly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Poetic in places and, as the title suggests, highly sensory ... a genuinely hopeful and open-hearted novel  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eTasting Sunlight\u003c\/i\u003e reminded me of reading Sally Rooney's \u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e. It takes a writer of immeasurable talent to make you feel that intensely, merely by evoking ripening late summer fruit and the sound of rain on dusty ground  \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Haynes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Powerful, original and engaging. I loved it  \u003cb\u003eSusie Boyt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003ci\u003eTasting Sunlight\u003c\/i\u003e is a BBC World Service WORLD BOOK CLUB PICK**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Over 600,000 copies sold in Germany**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**THREE YEARS on the German Bestseller List**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e _________________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Teenager Sally has just run away from a clinic where she is being treated for anorexia. She's furious with everything and everyone, and wants to be left in peace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Liss is in her forties, living alone on a large farm that she runs single-handedly. She has little contact with the outside world, and no need for other people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From their first meeting, Sally realises that Liss isn't like other adults; she expects nothing of Sally and simply accepts who she is, offering her a bed for the night with no questions asked. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That night becomes weeks and then months, as an unlikely friendship develops and these two damaged women slowly open up - connecting to each other, reconnecting with themselves, and facing the darkness in their pasts through their shared work on the land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Achingly beautiful, profound, invigorating and uplifting, \u003ci\u003eTasting Sunlight\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of friendship across generations, of love and acceptance, of the power of nature to heal and transform, and the goodness that surrounds us, if only we take time to see it... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEwald Arenz\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Nürnberg in 1965, studied English and American literature and history. He is a teacher at a secondary school in Nürnberg. His novels and plays have received many awards. Ewald lives near Fürth with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Ward\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance translator of literary and creative texts from German and French to English. Her published translations include \u003ci\u003eTraitor\u003c\/i\u003e by Gudrun Pausewang and \u003ci\u003eRed Rage\u003c\/i\u003e by Brigitte Blobel, and she is a Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting. Follow Rachel on Twitter @FwdTranslations, on her blog www.adiscounttickettoeverywhere.wordpress.com, and on her website www.forwardtranslations.co.uk\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157133136007,"sku":"9781914585142","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c4135ea6db126036f8643a01256f4a27.webp?v=1733248813","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tasting-sunlight-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}