{"product_id":"always-home-always-homesick-a-love-letter-to-iceland","title":"Always Home, Always Homesick : A Love Letter to Iceland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Burial Rites comes an inspirational memoir about her travels in Iceland, an extraordinary country that has forged a nation of storytellers. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen she was seventeen years old, Hannah Kent travelled to Iceland from Australia. She’d never seen snow before, didn’t speak a word of Icelandic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll she knew was that she wanted to have an experience – to soak up something of the world. Soon she found herself isolated in a remote part of Iceland in a dark winter. It was a gruelling experience, but she quickly fell in love with the country: with its brutally beautiful landscapes and with its people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn returning home, with images of Iceland's towering glaciers and windswept tundras in her dreams, Hannah began to write. Now, as a mother and a wife, she looks back to that extraordinary year in Iceland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hannah Kent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56765114515843,"sku":"9781035066278","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2025-11-03T091452.272.png?v=1762161307","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/always-home-always-homesick-a-love-letter-to-iceland","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}