{"product_id":"9781504049290","title":"The Dreaming Suburb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetween the wars, the lives of four neighboring English families intersect in this “highly recommended” saga by a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times–\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author ( \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e ).\u003c\/b\u003e  In the spring of 1919, his wife’s death brings Sergeant Jim Carver home from the front. He returns to be a single parent to his seven children in a place he has never lived: Number Twenty, Manor Park Avenue, in a South London suburb.   The Carvers’ neighbor Eunice Fraser, at Number Twenty-Two, has also known tragedy. Her soldier husband was killed, leaving her and her eight-year-old son, Esme, to fend for themselves.   At Number Four, Edith Clegg takes in lodgers and looks after her sister, Becky, whose mind has been shattered by a past trauma.   No one knows much about the Friths, at Number Seventeen, who moved to the Avenue before the war.   The first book in the two-part historical series the Avenue, which also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Avenue Goes to War\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThe Dreaming Suburb\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers into the everyday lives of these English families between World War I and World War II, as their hopes, dreams, and struggles are played out against a radically changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015927906544,"sku":"9781504049290","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504049290_p0.jpg?v=1763712076","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504049290","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}