{"product_id":"9781456783488","title":"Lavender and Lies","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Trixie Callender opened her Lavender House Therapy\u003cbr\u003eCentre, with hopes for a profi table, sweetly-scented, calming\u003cbr\u003eenvironment, she could not have foreseen the impact to be\u003cbr\u003emade by a troubled and troublesome client. The effect on\u003cbr\u003ethe therapists, their families and friends , causes ripples that\u003cbr\u003efragment relationships and results in some suspicious deaths.\u003cbr\u003eAn institution founded partly on unsupported theories and\u003cbr\u003epractices, in an atmosphere of faith and hope, refl ects a larger\u003cbr\u003epicture where half-truths and absolute lies ease\u003cbr\u003ethe social wheels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow retired with an MA in Education I was headteacher of\u003cbr\u003ea Special School on the Isle of Wight,UK. I began to write\u003cbr\u003efi ction and have had several short stories published. Interested\u003cbr\u003ein debates about alternative therapies, I thought there was room\u003cbr\u003efor a black comedy with a Therapy Centre as the focus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155224936688,"sku":"9781456783488","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456783488_p0.jpg?v=1763857411","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456783488","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}