{"product_id":"9781479755790","title":"Myra and the Minesweeper","description":"Part One tells how a young Welsh student of working class origins joins the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1939 and learns the business of minesweeping, how to run a ship, take command of the men he is responsible for, face life and death situations  and spit a curve to windward.  He also has to cope with his emotional education as he falls under the spell of several very different women.  His character develops against a background of hair-raising events and wild romantic encounters, not excluding plenty of good laughs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Part Two describes how he faces peace time with a new wife, and St Bernard dog, and emigrates in search of the perfect life first in Switzerland, then in Australia and New Zealand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  It is a gripping well crafted yarn hard to put down, all narrated with a lot of humour.","brand":"Xlibris NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135958204656,"sku":"9781479755790","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479755790_p0.jpg?v=1763617950","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479755790","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}