{"product_id":"9780993454646","title":"The Gamekeepers Other Daughter","description":"This is a journey through Doreen's life. The geographical journey takes you from wild and rugged John O'Groats to a village in Kent (for a stopover of twenty-three years); but there are many stops along the way and the author now resides in the beautiful city of Lincoln. \u003cbr\u003eThe emotional journey is not for the faint-hearted. As a very young child, Doreen was left to fight her own battles, which were many. In her words, \"My father was a man so evil; he used the isolation of the Yorkshire Moors to submit his family to misery and mental torture.\" She discovered a long-buried secret that shocked and saddened her, also destroying any fond feelings that she had for her mother. A hard life, indeed; Doreen experienced homelessness at sixteen, a brush with danger, the Law and very nearly murder! She had to fight for her family over the years; a fight that she says, \"nearly brought me to my knees.\" More recently was the sorrow that shattered her heart into a thousand pieces but eventually steered her into 'calmer waters'. \u003cbr\u003eHowever there are many moments of humour and snapshots of social history. She explains why she had a deep hatred of school and people in authority. The resilient and feisty child became a teenager looking for 'love's young dream' and finding her first love, who kept a piece of her heart forever. Relish the memories of New Year's Eve in a small village north of the border during the sixties! In Doreen's words, \"Buckle your seatbelts, it's a rocky ride.\"","brand":"FCM Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036099526896,"sku":"9780993454646","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780993454646_p0.jpg?v=1763899559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780993454646","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}