{"product_id":"ocean-event-with-polly-clark-thursday-7th-may-2026","title":"Ocean Event with Polly Clark - Thursday 7th May 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin us in the bookshop to hear Polly clark in conversation with Jenny Brown about \u003cem\u003eOcean.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6.30pm on Thursday 7th May at Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Street, EH3 5AQ.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy a copy of \u003ci\u003eOcean \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand receive free entry to the event, or choose our Ticket-Only option for £6 (which can be used towards a purchase of the book at the event).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe will send an email to confirm your booking - please be sure to check your junk\/spam folder!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eOcean \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA powerful yacht, a warring family, the unforgiving deep... \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaught in a terrorist explosion on the London Underground, inner-city schoolteacher Helen is pregnant and lost until a stranger leads her to safety then vanishes. Obsessed with finding him, she begins to lose her grip on reality – and her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs their marriage fractures, her husband Frank proposes a daring plan: sell up and sail the Atlantic with their son Nicholas and troubled foster daughter Sindi on the Innisfree, the very boat where the couple first fell in love. What begins as a daring bid for salvation turns into an epic journey. The ocean proves as wild and unpredictable as the heartbreak Helen is trying to outrun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill the voyage meant to save them destroy them instead? With a fiercely funny and maverick heroine at its helm, \u003cem\u003eOceaEVENTn \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful exploration of the uncharted waters of the human heart. The award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLarchfield \u003c\/em\u003etakes us on a gripping, beautifully written voyage into the depths of what it means to heal – and to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Polly Clark \u003c\/strong\u003ePolly Clark was born in Canada and brought up in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer debut novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLarchfield\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2017), fictionalised a little-known period in the life of the poet W.H. Auden. It won the Mslexia Prize, as well as critical plaudits from Margaret Atwood, Louis de Bernières and Richard Ford. Her follow-up,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTiger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2019), was shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe is also the author of four collections of poetry. Her first,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKiss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000), won an Eric Gregory Award and her second,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake Me With You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2005), was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe divides her time between the west of Scotland and a houseboat in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golden Hare Books","offers":[{"title":"Book \u0026 Ticket","offer_id":56707840803189,"sku":"9781785634529-2","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/PollyClark.png?v=1770392779","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/ocean-event-with-polly-clark-thursday-7th-may-2026","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}