{"product_id":"9780992770204","title":"Once Upon a Timepiece","description":"When Conrad Sands returns a wristwatch to an old flame after 20 years apart, a remarkable chain of events begins.\u003cp\u003eThe watch passes through the hands of a gold-digger, a journalist, an enchantress and a professor. It touches the lives of a rogue art collector, a domestic helper, and an environmental campaigner. It influences a reverend's apprentice, a kept wife, and a self-made man. All of them are strangers, yet all are intricately linked in ways that none of them see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deeply thought-provoking debut novel from Starr Wood, \"Once Upon a Timepiece\" is a gripping portrayal of humanity's relationship with time and the unseen threads of history that bind us together. Told through a series of twelve inter-connected short stories, it explores memory and regret, ambition and weakness, and the texture of time that lies behind all our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bo Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49972161118448,"sku":"9780992770204","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780992770204","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}