{"product_id":"behind-five-willows-trade-paperback","title":"Behind Five Willows (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 6 July 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Crane Among Wolves\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecomes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer who secretly fight against government book banning and find themselves irresistibly drawn together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the dutiful second daughter of a poor family, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHaewon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is expected to marry well. Instead, amid harsh censorship and rampant book bans, she secretly works as an illegal book transcriber - dangerous work she loves, especially when copying the writings of her favorite author, the elusive Black Lotus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her older sister begins courting a wealthy young man, Haewon is dragged along as chaperone - forced to endure the company of his arrogant, insufferable best friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the only son of a noble, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSeojun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is expected to embody wealth, status, and propriety. No one can know that he secretly writes fiction - or that the only thing keeping him going under pressure from his overbearing father are the warm, insightful letters from his transcriber, 'Magpie'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when his best friend falls for a girl far below their social rank, Seojun must join their chaperoned outings - alongside her sharp-tongued younger sister. Yet the more time Seojun and Haewon spend together, the more they realize how wrong their first impressions were . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"June Hur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47201225146546,"sku":"9781035434398","price":356.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781035434398.jpg?v=1776691262","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/behind-five-willows-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}