{"product_id":"9780995386617","title":"The Adventures of Bruce From Bondi","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fun book about hotel life in Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Adventures of Bruce from Bondi” continues the story of Bruce from Bondi whom we first met in “Adventures of a Jackeroo”, who wanted to be a trainee property manager on a sheep station. On a week’s leave from the heat and dust of Booleroo Sheep Station, Bruce returns home to his beloved Bondi. While applying to be a Life Saver Bruce meets Jane, his soon to be steady girlfriend and whose father owns the Auckland Hotel in Bondi, close by the famous beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDating the publican’s daughter means Bruce is soon offered a position as a Trainee Hotel Manager, an opportunity he’s only too happy to accept. Abandoning all plans to return to the bush, Bruce grabs both the job and Jane in his hot hands, a decision he may live to regret. Learning the hotel business is the least of Bruce’s worries as his life becomes a constant struggle dealing with the demands of the hotel’s denizens. Whether it’s backing Maurie, the giant Maori in a brawl, helping old Mrs Greatley out of the bath, watching a recently departed guest come miraculously back to life or dealing with the raging thirst of the passing trade, Bruce soon learns running a hotel is not a glamorous as he thought. (Text in blue may be left out if space demands it)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Adventures of Bruce from Bondi” is the perfect book for anyone interested looking for belly laugh about the days when everyone drove a Holden, wages were £3 a week and the drinks were always cold at their favourite hotel by the sea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen McGregor-Crowe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014182027504,"sku":"9780995386617","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780995386617_p0.jpg?v=1763950704","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780995386617","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}