{"product_id":"9781773102832","title":"This Is the House That Luke Built","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuke Tremblett is one of five fishermen lost at sea off the coast of Newfoundland. Rose is left to pick up the pieces and learn to live with his sudden absence. And then there are three children, including two-month-old Emily, struggling to face an unbearable loss that has engulfed them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sharp, hard-edged novel begins two years after Luke’s disappearance, at the moment that Rose takes her first step through the wall of the house Luke was building when he died. Her body vibrating, she enters a space where Luke waits for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart novel, part fable, part essay on grief, with interlocking scenes that move between past and present and visuals that punctuate the narrative like signposts, \u003ci\u003eThis Is the House That Luke Built\u003c\/i\u003e deftly explores existential questions about what it means to be alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strikingly original debut that combines compassion and bravura to dazzling effect, this new novel by Violet Browne heralds the arrival of a significant new voice. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Violet Browne (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46998441427202,"sku":"9781773102832","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0012\/8514\/files\/BNCImageAPI_602da2aa-dd4c-47a3-85b7-653287efb27e.jpg?v=1762280875","url":"https:\/\/www.downtowncomics.ca\/products\/9781773102832","provider":"Downtown Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}