{"product_id":"the-house-by-the-lake-the-story-of-a-home-and-a-hundred-years-of-history-walker-studio","title":"The House by the Lake: The Story of a Home and a Hundred Years of History (Walker Studio)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautiful picture-book adaptation of Thomas Hardings Costa-shortlisted biography for adults, exquisitely illustrated by Britta Teckentrup.On the outskirts of Berlin, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a century, this little house played host to a loving Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, wartime refugees and a Stasi informant; in that time, a world war came and went, and the Berlin Wall was built a stones throw from the cottages back door.Thomas Harding first shared this remarkable story in his Costa-shortlisted biography The House by the Lake - now he has rendered it into a deeply moving picture-book for young readers. With words that read like a haunting fairy-tale, and magnificent artwork by Britta Teckentrup, this is the astonishing true story of the house by the lake.PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE:A Radio 4 Book of the WeekNamed a Best Book of the Year by:The Times \u0026gt;\u0026gt; New Statesman \u0026gt;\u0026gt; Daily Express \u0026gt;\u0026gt; Commonweal magazineShortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2015Longlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016Over 50 five-star reviews on AmazonA passionate memoir. - Neil MacGregorA superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book. - Tom HollandA book that will stay with me for a very long time. - Rachel JoyceA superb work of social history. - The Sunday TimesDiamond brilliant ... an extraordinary book. - Sunday ExpressA deft history of a cabin containing many secrets. - IndependentA fascinating window on a tumultuous period - Financial TimesOriginal, personal, moving and uplifting - Literary ReviewThis is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate. - SpectatorAn extraordinary book. Harding has extracted the past from the dust that collects between floorboards and from layers of peeling wallpaper. - Washington PostSEE ALSO THOMAS HARDINGS NEW BIOGRAPHY, LEGACY:I was riveted: this is a fascinating social history. - Nigella LawsonWritten with love and imagination ... a masterclass in historical empathy. - TLSNobody quite stirs the soup of historical detail like Harding. - Express\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walker Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45879600939206,"sku":"DADAX1406385557","price":16.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/A1KsaBueHtL.jpg?v=1779711446","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/the-house-by-the-lake-the-story-of-a-home-and-a-hundred-years-of-history-walker-studio","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}