{"product_id":"dreamland","title":"Dreamland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eChildren of Men\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYears and Years\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e, a postcard from a future Britain that's closer than we think.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003eYou said that you would come back. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou looked me in the eye and said that. Well, if you had, this is what you would have seen: soft wood, black cracks, fridges in the road. The broken spines of old rides at Dreamland.\u003c\/em\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the coastal resort of Margate, hotels lie empty and sun-faded 'For Sale' signs line the streets. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe sea is higher \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– it's higher everywhere \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– and those who can are moving inland. A young girl called Chance, however, is just arriving. Chance's family is one of many offered a cash grant to move out of London \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– and so she, her mother Jas and brother JD relocate to the seaside, just as the country edges towards vertiginous change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn their new home, they find space and wide skies, a world away from the cramped bedsits they've lived in up until now. But challenges swiftly mount. JD's business partner, Kole, has a violent, charismatic energy that whirlpools around him and threatens to draw in the whole family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd when Chance comes across Franky, a girl her age she has never seen before \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– well-spoken and wearing sunscreen \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– something catches in the air between them. Their fates are bound: a connection that is immediate, unshakeable, and, in a time when social divides have never cut sharper, dangerous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Set in a future unsettlingly close to home, against a backdrop of soaring inequality and creeping political extremism, Rankin-Gee demonstrates, with cinematic pace and deep humanity, the enduring power of love and hope in a world spinning out of control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosa Rankin-Gee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42887459799297,"sku":"9781471193842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-07-12T163432.923.png?v=1689176092","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/dreamland","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}