{"product_id":"2940152516661","title":"Chicago May","description":"\u003cp\u003eRural Ireland, January 1919. Facing a life of grinding poverty with an abusive father, sixteen year old May Sharpe steals her father´s savings and escapes to America to find a new life. Arriving in the harsh New York winter, May finds a society in turmoil, as the 'get rich quick´ war years turn to recession.\u003cbr\u003eDestitute, May is drawn into the criminal underworld by smooth con-man, 'Society´ Eddie Young who promises her a life of excitement and easy money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young, idealistic cop, Joe Perski, who meets May when she first arrives in New York, tries to save her from Eddie´s influence. Joe, as quintessentially good as Eddie is dishonest, has fallen for the beautiful, feisty May and makes it his mission to 'save´ her, before she finds herself behind bars for life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor May her new life of crime is not about morality, it´s pragmatic. Duping men who think she is a whore, she is soon living the life of her dreams. By her eighteenth birthday, after a particularly audacious diamond heist in Chicago, May becomes known as 'Chicago May´, the most notorious swindler in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut at the height of her success, married to Eddie and living the 'respectable´ life she has always secretly craved, May learns that her husband has accepted a contract to murder an awkward trade union leader. May´s natural allegiance is with the underdog. After failing to dissuade Eddie, and having been beaten for her pains, May is forced into the most difficult decision of her young life, a decision which leads her into an unlikely alliance with Joe and which threatens her own life.\u003cbr\u003eInspired by a true story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harry Duffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076217553136,"sku":"2940152516661","price":2.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152516661_p0.jpg?v=1764025450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152516661","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}