{"product_id":"the-gifts-a-novel","title":"The Gifts: A Novel","description":"\"Remarkable...for fans of fantasy-inflected historicals such as Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent.\" ―Publishers Weekly, STARRED review\n\"A sumptuous reading experience.\" ―BookPage\nIt will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are . . .\nOctober 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders.\nIn London, rumors of a \"fallen angel\" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger . . .\nThe Gifts is an astonishing novel, a spellbinding tale told through five different perspectives and set against the luminous backdrop of nineteenth century London, it explores science, nature and religion, enlightenment, the role of women in society and the dark danger of ambition.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 172827169X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.172827169X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hyder, Liz\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248774185021,"sku":"BVV.172827169X.VG","price":6.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/172827169X-0.jpg?v=1780519812","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-gifts-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}