{"product_id":"9781370585236","title":"Lizzie's Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003eOld Balmain House Series continues\u003cbr\u003e In 1963 a new family lives in the old house in Balmain. \u003cbr\u003e Fifteen year old Lizzie, her mother and six year old brother\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A rich friend invites Lizzie to a party – the future glitters bright. \u003cbr\u003e She is plied with champagne - she has never had a drink before. \u003cbr\u003e Three men, she thinks are her friends, ask her to come for a drive. \u003cbr\u003e They take her to a park and rape her. Mortified, she hides it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e She finds she is pregnant. She knows officials will take her baby. \u003cbr\u003e Rape was bad enough, losing her child is unthinkable. \u003cbr\u003e She runs away, she will not let this most awful thing happen\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Melbourne she seeks to build a new life, just her with a tiny baby.\u003cbr\u003e Life is unbelievably hard, no money, no food, no one to help her. \u003cbr\u003e In desperation she becomes a prostitute, her least bad option. \u003cbr\u003e But authorities discover her age and seek to take her child.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e She flees again to Broome, builds a new respectable life. \u003cbr\u003e But her story is discovered - now she is pursued again. \u003cbr\u003e With nowhere else to go she drives far into the desert.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Stranded with no water and a six year old daughter, help comes from an unexpected quarter. A silver locket of an unknown child is the key to her survival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biobrokers Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127066771696,"sku":"9781370585236","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781370585236_p0.jpg?v=1763711810","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781370585236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}