{"product_id":"the-low-road","title":"The Low Road","description":"\u003cp data-w-id=\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e406\" data-wf-id='[\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e406\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A heart-rending story’ Jane Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e406\" data-wf-id='[\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e406\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED: New Angle Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e406\" data-wf-id='[\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e406\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e406\" data-wf-id='[\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e406\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eNorfolk, 1813. In the quiet Waveney Valley, the body of a woman – Mary Tyrell – is staked through the heart after her death by suicide. She had been under arrest for the suspected murder of her newborn child. Mary leaves behind a young daughter, Hannah, who is sent away to the Refuge for the Destitute in London, where she will be trained for a life of domestic service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e408\" data-wf-id='[\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e408\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eAt the refuge, Hannah meets Annie Simpkins, a fellow resident, and together they forge a friendship that deepens into passionate love. But the strength of their bond is put to the test when the girls are caught stealing from the refuge’s laundry, and they are sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, setting them on separate paths that may never cross again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e40a\" data-wf-id='[\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e40a\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eDrawing on real events, \u003cem data-w-id=\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e40c\" data-wf-id='[\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e40c\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eThe Low Road\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping, atmospheric tale that brings to life the forgotten voices of the past – convicts, servants, the rural poor – as well as a moving evocation of love that blossomed in the face of prejudice and ill-fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e40a\" data-wf-id='[\"ebe911f4-0e75-2d46-810a-04de8861e40a\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘An absorbing, tender and brutal tale about love, betrayal, destitution and redemption. A heart-rending story, impeccably researched, packed with rich and realistic detail, and reminiscent of Charlotte Brontë and Sarah Waters’ \u003cstrong\u003eJane Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A darkly gripping picaresque tale of cruelty, courage and kindness as an orphaned girl survives poverty and injustice to seek love on the other side of the world’ \u003cstrong\u003eMaggie Gee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A well-crafted and intensely dramatic novel, with characters you care about facing circumstances so dire a contemporary audience might strain to fully imagine them’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Beautifully written, achingly moving historical fiction. Echoes of Charlotte Brontë and Emma Donoghue, but the essence is Katharine Quarmby’s own unique gift of storytelling’\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssie Fox\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Impeccably researched, increasingly gripping’ \u003cstrong\u003eTom Shakespeare, \u003cem\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘A masterful work that brings a forgotten history vividly to life’\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Explaining History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A vibrant queering of convict history’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrisbane Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Soft, swelling storytelling’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAustralian Women's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 320pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Lightning (November 2025)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785634628\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56128130711936,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/LowRoad_Front.jpg?v=1750667993","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/the-low-road","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}