{"product_id":"9780008735074","title":"The Children’s Crusade","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ann Packer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSagas\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 January 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 29mm | 304g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A tour de force family drama’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eELLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Bursting with poignancy’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Tender, absorbing’ CATHERINE NEWMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘First-rate storytelling’ BBC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A riveting novel about how family molds us – for good and ill – and the grace that comes with forgiveness’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePEOPLE MAGAZINE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon Valley. It is here that he will fall in love with Penny Greenway, build a home and raise a perfect family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Decades later, the lives of the three oldest Blair children are upended by the return of their younger brother, James – the wayward son – whose sudden presence forces to light the siblings' past rivalries and grievances, and sets off a struggle over the family's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From New York Times bestselling author, Ann Packer, The Children's Crusade explores the secrets, desires and heartbreaks of one Californian family over the course of five decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e **Some Bright Nowhere, the latest novel from Ann Packer is available now**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘This is a novel with something to teach about forgiving the people we love’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEWSDAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Superb … I’ve rarely read a novel so astute about the jumble of love and respect, rivalry and envy, empathy and scorn that makes up family dynamics’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A beautiful novel that will stay with me’ ABRAHAM VERGHESE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Packer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839136575837,"sku":"9780008735074","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780008735074.jpg?v=1780057390","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008735074","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}