{"product_id":"the-mourning-necklace-by-kate-foster-signed-copy","title":"The Mourning Necklace by  Kate Foster SIGNED COPY 10% OFF","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDon't forget to \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/ticket-the-book-nook-meets-kate-foster-award-winning-author-of-the-repentants?_pos=2\u0026amp;_psq=ticket\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebook your ticket\u003c\/a\u003e for our author talk with Kate Foster, author of The Mourning Necklace on Wednesday the 27th of May  to celebrate the publication of her latest book, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-repentants-by-kate-foster-signed-copy?_pos=2\u0026amp;_psq=the+repentant\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Repentants. \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned copies can be collected and\/or delivered on or after the event with Kate and will be available from 28\/5\/2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e˜Moving and masterful . . . transports you to 18th-century Scotland and says as much about modern life as it does about those harrowing times' “ Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal Inspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is the unforgettable original feminist historical novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of The Maiden, Kate Foster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey said I would swing for the crime and I did . . . I wear the rope-mark like a mourning necklace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, the family of Maggie Dickson “ hanged for the murder of her newborn child “ drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them; passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is Maggie. She is alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family's questions. All that matters to her is answering one: will they hang her twice? Praise for Kate Foster:˜Riveting . . . The tension persists until the last page' “ The Times 'Tense, thrilling . . . with a decidedly feminist slant' “ Daily Mail ˜Kate excels at bringing the forgotten women of history back to life and giving them the attention they deserve' “ Claire Evans, author of The Fourteenth Letter ˜Captivating . . . Scratch beneath the surface of a Kate Foster novel and all of life is there in the most elegant prose' “ Marion Todd, author of the bestselling DI Clare Mackay series ˜Brilliant . . . the new Hilary Mantel' “ Tina Baker, author of What We Did In The Storm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58017899774333,"sku":"9781035052073","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781035052073.jpg?v=1771588659","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-mourning-necklace-by-kate-foster-signed-copy","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}