{"product_id":"kingfisher-by-rozie-kelly","title":"Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"229\"\u003eA tender and incisive exploration of love, desire, and obsession, \u003cem data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"167\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eKingfisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a quietly powerful story of the choices that shape a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"562\"\u003eWhen a creative writing academic becomes captivated by his colleague—a poet whose life and artistry seem to exist in a world apart his steady relationship with his partner, Michael, begins to unravel. Michael is safe, familiar, and deeply loved. But the poet is something else entirely: elusive, magnetic, and impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"773\"\u003eAs he drifts between the life he knows and the one he longs for, fascination deepens into obsession. The poet, his Kingfisher, becomes the centre of his world, blurring the boundaries between desire and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"925\"\u003eBut when illness casts a shadow over both worlds, he is forced to confront difficult questions about love, possession, and what we owe to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1161\"\u003eSubtle, compassionate, and deeply affecting, this novel shortlisted for the \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eWomen's Prize for Fiction 2026 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eexplores the fragile intersections of grief, power, and longing, and the complex emotional truths that lie between them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost in the Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52893386768731,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/5628\/0411\/files\/ChatGPTImageApr25_2026_12_47_09PM.png?v=1777459727","url":"https:\/\/lostinthereads.co.uk\/products\/kingfisher-by-rozie-kelly","provider":"Lost in the Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}