# The Story of the Forest

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- Authors: [Linda Grant](https://www.bookquiver.com/linda-grant)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2023-05-11

## Description

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023 'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn't put it down' PHILIPPA PERRY 'Jewel-like clarity... exceptional' RICHARD COLES 'Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny' TESSA HADLEY It's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life. The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales? From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, The Story of the Forest is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer. Orwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023

## Editions

### The Story of the Forest

- Publisher: sjp_lit
- ISBN: 978-16-3893-354-0
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2025-11-11
- Language: en_US

### The Story of the Forest

- Publisher: zando_penguin_audio
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-16-6668-505-3
- Published: 2024-11-12
- Language: en_US

### The Story of the Forest

- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-03-4901-408-1
- Published: 2024-06-06
- Language: en_GB

### The Story of the Forest

- Publisher: little_brown_audio
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-0555-797-9
- Published: 2023-05-11
- Language: en_GB

### The Story of the Forest

- Publisher: virago
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-4901-407-4
- Published: 2023-05-11
- Language: en_GB

### The Story of the Forest

- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-03-4901-410-4
- Published: 2023-05-11
- Language: en_GB