{"product_id":"the-original","title":"The Original","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOxfordshire, 1899. Grace Inderwick grows up on the peripheries of a once-great household, an unwanted guest in her uncle’s home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe has unusual skills and unusual predilections: for painting, though faces elude her; for lurking in the shadows; for other girls. Then a letter arrives, postmarked Saint Helena. After years missing at sea, Grace’s cousin Charles is ready to come home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Charles returns, unrecognisable and uncanny, a rift emerges between those who claim he is an imposter and Grace’s aunt, who insists he is her son. And Grace, whose intimate knowledge of forgeries is her own closely-guarded secret, must decide who and what to believe in, and what kind of life she wants to live.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeftly-plotted and shimmering with Nell Stevens’s distinctive intelligence, style and wit, \u003cem\u003eThe Original\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about the value of authenticity in art and in love, and what it means to be a true original.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nell Stevens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55722936238467,"sku":"9781398533400","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/9781529077780-2026-04-17T162559.789.png?v=1776439570","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/the-original","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}