{"product_id":"2940148665328","title":"Southerly Wind: Gold Brooch","description":"The year is 1905. Elise works in a spinning mill in Christiania, Norway, (Oslo's former name) to provide for her family of six. With her mother ill, and her father a drunk, Elise and her sister are forced to work long hours and look after their younger siblings. Close to a river that runs through the city, with rough streams and waterfalls, the family lives in a place called Sagene. Johan, the strongest and most handsome young man in Sagene, lives one floor under them. He and Elise are childhood friends - and sweethearts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extremely cold January day Elise finds a little object in the snow. That incident brings dramatic changes in the lives of Elise and Johan. Johan studied it a second, and looked her in the eye. “Where did you find it?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Right outside here. I’m so scared someone will think I stole it. What do you think I should do with it? Should I go to the police? Or to the director? Maybe it’s his daughter who lost it?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohan stood and thought a minute, then stuck it in his own pocket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoutherly Wind is the story about Elise's life, her struggle to avoid poverty and the love she experiences inspite of pressing despair.","brand":"BookLocker.com, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108846715120,"sku":"2940148665328","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148665328_p0.jpg?v=1763706136","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148665328","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}