{"product_id":"bridge-of-clay-by-markus-zusak","title":"Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAND CLAY LOOKED BACK, ONE LAST TIME, BEFORE DIVING - IN, AND OUTWARDS - TO A BRIDGE, THROUGH A PAST, TO A FATHER.\u003cbr\u003eHE SWAM THE GOLD-LIT WATER.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS ONE MURDERER, ONE MULE AND ONE BOY.\u003cbr\u003eBUT THIS ISN'T THE BEGINNING, IT'S BEFORE IT.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive Dunbar brothers are living - fighting, loving, grieving - in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who left them has just walked right back in. He has a surprising request: who will build a bridge with him?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is Clay, a boy tormented by a long-buried secret, who accepts. But why is Clay so broken? and why must he fulfil this extraordinary challenge?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBridge of Clay \u003c\/em\u003eis about a boy caught in a current, a boy intent on destroying everything he has in order to become everything he needs to be. Ahead of him lies the bridge, the vision that will save both his family and himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will be a miracle and nothing less.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once an existential riddle and a search for redemption, this tale of five brothers coming of age in a house without rules brims with energy, Joy and pathos. Written in Markus Zusak's distinctive style, it is a \u003cem\u003etour de force \u003c\/em\u003efrom a master storyteller of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIN THE END, THERE WAS ONE RIVE, ONE BRIDGE AND ONE MULE.\u003cbr\u003eBUT THIS ISN'T THE END, IT'S AFTER IT.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e Contemporary Fiction - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eYoung Adult 14+ - Historical Fiction - Australia - Family - Realistic Fiction - Australian Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e Good*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 2018 by Doubleday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 583\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 9780857525956\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 785g\u003cbr\u003e*Does have damage to dust jacket front and back from stickers. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Zusak, Markus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover: 24 x 15.5 x 4 cm","offer_id":42078588469334,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/20250128_175504_2.jpg?v=1738126065","url":"https:\/\/www.secondhandpages.com.au\/products\/bridge-of-clay-by-markus-zusak","provider":"Secondhand Pages ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}