{"product_id":"2940046347975","title":"The Hillbillies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis ebook is based on the original paperback but has been put back to the 1960s and amended slightly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1960. The Hill Family: Adam, Rebecca and son Charlie are all battling their own private demons; surviving - existing - in the wild and wonderful North-East of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca, an alcoholic with morals of an alley-cat, still festers over a long-ago broken romance with the local gigolo, Jimmy Shannon, and carries a dreadful secret about her violent, miscreant teenage son, Charlie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam, a typical collier; hard-working, hard drinking and brutal, especially towards his wayward, criminal son, spends most of his married life trying to suppress the self-destruct button because of the antics of his emotional, erratic spouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Hill, out of control in his final year at school is a bully, a thief and an arsonist who works on a regular basis for local gangster Elvis Priestley. Upon leaving school he manages to secure employment at the local colliery even though the industry is dead on its feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo topsy-turvy years in the turbulent lives of the family, culminating in the inevitable, unreliable confessional that threatens to destroy all three lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barny Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148721340656,"sku":"2940046347975","price":2.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046347975_p0.jpg?v=1763690710","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046347975","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}