{"product_id":"stone-yard-devotional","title":"Stone Yard Devotional","description":"\u003cp\u003eA deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place she grew up, finding solace in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she ruminates on her childhood in the nearby town. She finds herself turning again and again to thoughts of her mother, whose early death she can't forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signalling a new battle against the rising infestation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecond is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who left the community decades before to minister to deprived women in Thailand - then disappeared, presumed murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, a troubling visitor to the monastery pulls the narrator further back into her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith each of these disturbing arrivals, the woman faces some deep questions. Can a person be truly good? What is forgiveness? Is loss of hope a moral failure? And can the business of grief ever really be finished?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charlotte Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953285591087,"sku":"9781399724357","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781399724357.jpg?v=1770797327","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/stone-yard-devotional","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}