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Description for The Ship
Paperback. 'THE HUNGER GAMES meets the London riots on board Noah's Ark' THE TIMES Includes reading group notes and a fascinating glimpse into Lalla's childhood in the short story prequel 'The Time Being'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Welcome to London, but not as you know it. Oxford Street burned for three weeks; Regent's Park has been bombed; the British Museum is occupied by those with nowhere else to go. Lalla has grown up sheltered from the chaos, but now she's sixteen, her father decides it's time to use their escape route - a ship big enough to save five hundred people. Once on board, as day follows identical day, Lalla's unease grows. Where are they going? What does her father really want? What is the price of salvation?
Welcome to London, but not as you know it. Oxford Street burned for three weeks; Regent's Park has been bombed; the British Museum is occupied by those with nowhere else to go. Lalla has grown up sheltered from the chaos, but now she's sixteen, her father decides it's time to use their escape route - a ship big enough to save five hundred people. Once on board, as day follows identical day, Lalla's unease grows. Where are they going? What does her father really want? What is the price of salvation?
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
328g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780227344
SKU
V9781780227344
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Antonia Honeywell
Antonia Honeywell studied English at Manchester University and worked at the Natural History and Victoria and Albert Museums in London, running creative writing workshops and education programmes for children, before training as a teacher. During her ten years teaching English, drama and film studies, she wrote a musical, and a play which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival. She has four young children and lives in Buckinghamshire. THE SHIP is her first novel.
Reviews for The Ship
a clever reframing of sci-fi's old 'happy dream or tough real life?' trope.
THE SUN
Topical and thought-provoking stuff
BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH
Honeywell makes no secret of her environmental concerns, but rather than coming across as preachy, it gives this coming-of-age tale a real punch.
Jonathan Hatfull
SCIFINOW
A thought-provoking novel that will without doubt spark debate.
CLOSER
a great idea... some great touches
PRESS ASSOCIATION
It's taut and full of suspense and keeps the reader guessing all the way through
VERITY READS BOOKS
Above all, it's a story that has the power to stay with you, to ask questions beyond the last word
VANISREADING
I have not often come across books that are as powerful and thought-provoking as this
COSMOCHICKLITAN
Antonia Honeywell is an exciting new talent. The Ship is original and quite brilliant.
RANDOM THINGS THROUGH MY LETTERBOX
The Ship is a wonderful first book - framing the utopian/dystopian genre in a coming of age story. It is both achingly sad and profoundly troubling
CLOUDBANKS & SHIMBLESHANKS
A wonderfully enchanting novel, with a theme I found as thought-provoking as they come
REVIEWED THE BOOK
Honeywell's writing is clean and crisp, with a strong voice and great sense of emotion and atmosphere ... This is a nugget of delight from an impressive first-time author
HOUSE OF BLOG
The Ship is a thought-provoking, claustrophobic novel. As I read, the world on the ship would shrink in on me, then suddenly expand to fill the horizon. I don't think I've read a novel that has had such an impact on me for a long time ... I defy anyone not to fall in love with this novel.
NORTHERN EDITORIAL
A disturbing story from a bright new talent
Salley Vickers 'A hugely gripping depiction of a future world, The Ship is all the more chilling for its sense of authenticity. Honeywell has written a story that will make you question the value we place on love and freedom and what we'd be willing to sacrifice for those precious commodities ourselves. I couldn't put it down'
Kerry Hudson, author of Thirst It's haunted me since I finished it.
RICHARD EYRE
An outstanding read from a strikingly original new talent. The Ship takes us on a luxury voyage into the future with a chosen elite - but the passengers don't know where they're going, and there's a dissenter on board. A brilliant, disturbing book that makes you question everything about the way we live now.
Maggie Gee The Ship is tense, engaging and emotionally charged: I devoured this novel
Helen Dunmore A beautiful futuristic fable with huge power to haunt and disturb
M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts An ambitious debut that takes the tale of the Ark and updates it for a world bedevilled by global warming . . . will send shivers up your spine.
Erica Wagner
HARPER'S BAZAAR
As engrossing as it is chilling, this potent first novel fuses an apocalyptic coming-of-age story with a fierce interrogation of what it means to be truly alive
Hepzibah Anderson
DAILY MAIL
Addictive and thought-provoking
ELLE
The Hunger Games meets the London riots on board Noah's Ark 20 years from now, but don't underestimate its originality. Read it and be challenged.
Fiona Wilson
THE TIMES
Honeywell's debut is ambitious and well written and provides endless possibilities for debate.
THE GUARDIAN
THE SUN
Topical and thought-provoking stuff
BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH
Honeywell makes no secret of her environmental concerns, but rather than coming across as preachy, it gives this coming-of-age tale a real punch.
Jonathan Hatfull
SCIFINOW
A thought-provoking novel that will without doubt spark debate.
CLOSER
a great idea... some great touches
PRESS ASSOCIATION
It's taut and full of suspense and keeps the reader guessing all the way through
VERITY READS BOOKS
Above all, it's a story that has the power to stay with you, to ask questions beyond the last word
VANISREADING
I have not often come across books that are as powerful and thought-provoking as this
COSMOCHICKLITAN
Antonia Honeywell is an exciting new talent. The Ship is original and quite brilliant.
RANDOM THINGS THROUGH MY LETTERBOX
The Ship is a wonderful first book - framing the utopian/dystopian genre in a coming of age story. It is both achingly sad and profoundly troubling
CLOUDBANKS & SHIMBLESHANKS
A wonderfully enchanting novel, with a theme I found as thought-provoking as they come
REVIEWED THE BOOK
Honeywell's writing is clean and crisp, with a strong voice and great sense of emotion and atmosphere ... This is a nugget of delight from an impressive first-time author
HOUSE OF BLOG
The Ship is a thought-provoking, claustrophobic novel. As I read, the world on the ship would shrink in on me, then suddenly expand to fill the horizon. I don't think I've read a novel that has had such an impact on me for a long time ... I defy anyone not to fall in love with this novel.
NORTHERN EDITORIAL
A disturbing story from a bright new talent
Salley Vickers 'A hugely gripping depiction of a future world, The Ship is all the more chilling for its sense of authenticity. Honeywell has written a story that will make you question the value we place on love and freedom and what we'd be willing to sacrifice for those precious commodities ourselves. I couldn't put it down'
Kerry Hudson, author of Thirst It's haunted me since I finished it.
RICHARD EYRE
An outstanding read from a strikingly original new talent. The Ship takes us on a luxury voyage into the future with a chosen elite - but the passengers don't know where they're going, and there's a dissenter on board. A brilliant, disturbing book that makes you question everything about the way we live now.
Maggie Gee The Ship is tense, engaging and emotionally charged: I devoured this novel
Helen Dunmore A beautiful futuristic fable with huge power to haunt and disturb
M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts An ambitious debut that takes the tale of the Ark and updates it for a world bedevilled by global warming . . . will send shivers up your spine.
Erica Wagner
HARPER'S BAZAAR
As engrossing as it is chilling, this potent first novel fuses an apocalyptic coming-of-age story with a fierce interrogation of what it means to be truly alive
Hepzibah Anderson
DAILY MAIL
Addictive and thought-provoking
ELLE
The Hunger Games meets the London riots on board Noah's Ark 20 years from now, but don't underestimate its originality. Read it and be challenged.
Fiona Wilson
THE TIMES
Honeywell's debut is ambitious and well written and provides endless possibilities for debate.
THE GUARDIAN