{"product_id":"9780956983114","title":"Guinea Pigs Don't Bounce","description":"Guinea Pigs Don’t Bounce\u003cbr\u003eGuinea Pig's Don't Bounce relates the memorable first year (2003-04) in the\u003cbr\u003edevelopment of pet care company Animals at Home. A nationwide success story\u003cbr\u003etoday, with nearly 60 area franchises, AAH's beginnings were very much a leap into\u003cbr\u003ethe unknown by husband and wife team, Denis and Shelley Chirgwin, who had left\u003cbr\u003ebehind the financial security and certainties of life in the Surrey suburbs to move to\u003cbr\u003ethe Isle of Wight and launch a business venture – looking after animals in their own\u003cbr\u003ehome while the owners were away – which was far removed from their previous\u003cbr\u003eexperience\u003cbr\u003eDenis's diary entries during that first year form the basis for this account of the\u003cbr\u003efledgling business. The couple's encounters with the extraordinarily diverse\u003cbr\u003eassortment of animals – and owners – were full of interest, incident and eye-opening\u003cbr\u003einsights into family life. The stories are candid, laced with humour – animals do the\u003cbr\u003efunniest things but so, sometimes, do the people looking after them! – and not without\u003cbr\u003epathos. Time and again, the importance of pets to the lives of those who own them is\u003cbr\u003eunderlined.\u003cbr\u003eThe diary extracts are augmented by reflective passages as the author looks back on\u003cbr\u003esubsequent related events and developments, while the text is colourfully illustrated\u003cbr\u003ethroughout by a selection of cartoon images depicting some of the most memorable\u003cbr\u003eincidents.","brand":"Animals at Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104549486832,"sku":"9780956983114","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780956983114_p0.jpg?v=1763876326","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780956983114","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}