{"product_id":"9781467004060","title":"Why","description":"\u003cp\u003eNeglected by her mother, and forgotten by her father. \u003cu1:city u2:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cu1:place u2:st=\"on\"\u003eSavannah\u003c\/u1:place\u003e\u003c\/u1:city\u003e’s grandparents took her to live at Peaceful View -  a seventeen century colonial house, built by her English\/ Scottish great-grandfather. The juxtaposition of \u003cu1:city u2:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cu1:place u2:st=\"on\"\u003eSavannah\u003c\/u1:place\u003e\u003c\/u1:city\u003e’s upbringing, and the loss she felt when her dearest aunt Victoria died; traumatised her. By the time \u003cu1:city u2:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cu1:place u2:st=\"on\"\u003eSavannah\u003c\/u1:place\u003e\u003c\/u1:city\u003e was five years old, she had turned to drink. Experienced death, torture, sibling rivalry and strict family discipline. This led to her behaving in ways her family neither understood nor accepted. Considered abnormal - she was branded the devil’s child! \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story begins with \u003cu1:city u2:st=\"on\"\u003eSavannah\u003c\/u1:city\u003e’s return to the island of her birth after twenty-one years in \u003cu1:place u2:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cu1:country-region u2:st=\"on\"\u003eEngland\u003c\/u1:country-region\u003e\u003c\/u1:place\u003e. When \u003cu1:city u2:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cu1:place u2:st=\"on\"\u003eSavannah\u003c\/u1:place\u003e\u003c\/u1:city\u003e reaches her ancestral home, she is met by billowing black smoke. The seventeen century ancestral home she had inherited, had been burnt to a pile of smouldering ashes. Then from the smoke, the frightening figure of a man appeared. As if that weren’t enough, she discovered that the uncle who had abused her as a child, has threatened to kill her. As she struggles to come to terms with the issues that have plagued her life. \u003cu1:city u2:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cu1:place u2:st=\"on\"\u003eSavannah\u003c\/u1:place\u003e\u003c\/u1:city\u003e is forced to confess a gruesome childhood secret.  As one nightmare after another unfolds; \u003cu1:city u2:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cu1:place u2:st=\"on\"\u003eSavannah\u003c\/u1:place\u003e\u003c\/u1:city\u003e embarked on the journey of her life. The events that follows, forces \u003cu1:city u2:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cu1:place u2:st=\"on\"\u003eSavannah\u003c\/u1:place\u003e\u003c\/u1:city\u003e to face the appalling secrets of her past. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184167698672,"sku":"9781467004060","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781467004060_p0.jpg?v=1763689823","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781467004060","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}