{"product_id":"9780994352118","title":"A Collection of Margaret Britt's Short Stories","description":"Most of these stories were inspired by an incident or a brief casual meeting with one of the many characters I met during my time in the bush.\u003cbr\u003eThe Minnamulla Monster, for instance, came about as a result of my sighting in the distance of what I thought was a large creature and that evening the arrival of two travellers who happened to be geologists. During the dry season quite a lot of people passed through on their way to and from the Gulf, and many called in, some welcome and some not. But there were many long days and weeks when there were no visitors at all.\u003cbr\u003eThere was no television, only a scratchy battery wireless and, if the creeks weren't up, a weekly mail truck bringing supplies and a few welcome books from the library on the coast. So really, with a cook and a housemaid to do the household chores, there was nothing much for me to do except write about something that someone had said, or something that had happened.\u003cbr\u003eOnly McGregor is fact and The Opal partly fact, both set in Scotland during the war years.\u003cbr\u003eMother Love is something usually bestowed on a mother's child, but not always a child... and as for Alfred's Legacy... is that truth or fiction? Perhaps a bit of each.\u003cbr\u003eTo weave a story around anything heard or seen is what makes life exciting.\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Britt.","brand":"Zeus Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50050711486704,"sku":"9780994352118","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780994352118_p0.jpg?v=1784739402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780994352118","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}