<p><b><h3>SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023</h3></b><br><br><b>''Epic and marvellously entertaining... There''s a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back''</b><br><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><br><b>''Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know''</b><br>NIGELLA LAWSON<br><br><b>''Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn''t put it down''</b><br>PHILIPPA PERRY<br><br><b>''Jewel-like clarity... exceptional''</b><br>RICHARD COLES<br><br><b>''Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending'' </b><br><i>MAIL ON SUNDAY</i><br><br><b>''An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny'' </b><br>TESSA HADLEY<br><br>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.<br><br>The adventure leads to flight, emigra