{"product_id":"9781504028813","title":"Poor Tom's Ghost","description":"\u003ci\u003ePoor Tom’s Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e—dramatic, wholly convincing, a fascinating intermingling of the centuries—portrays a family whose uncertain bonds are tested and strengthened by a threat from the past.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Nicholas family first sees the derelict old house near London that has been left to them in Aunt Deb’s will, they are sadly disappointed. Thirteen-year-old Roger is the most disappointed, since, having moved place to place all his life with his gifted actor-father, he longs for some measure of stability. Then Roger and his father discover, under peeling wallpaper and rotted paneling, traces of a much older, more graceful house, and their misgivings disappear—until, one night, the house is filled with a sound of wild grieving that Roger traces to an empty room.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Only Roger—and later his small stepsister Pippa—sees the ghosts, among them is that of Tom Garland, a well-known actor in Shakespeare’s time. But Roger’s father, playing Hamlet in the famous National Theatre, is caught up, unknowingly, in Tom’s old tragedy. It is a frightened Roger who has to risk his life to find a way to mend the past before the present becomes its tragic echo. ","brand":"Open Road Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145425305840,"sku":"9781504028813","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504028813_p0.jpg?v=1763710191","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504028813","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}