{"product_id":"9781742620930","title":"Thorn on the Rose (A Woody Creek Novel 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second book in the dark and addictive Woody Creek series from bestselling Australian author Joy Dettman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dettman writes compulsively readable stories\"\u003ci\u003e The Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning a momentous wartime decade, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThorn on the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the spellbinding sequel to \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePearl in a Cage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1939 and Jenny Morrison, distraught and just fifteen years of age, has fled the tiny logging community of Woody Creek for a new life in the big smoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut four months later she is back - wiser, with an expensive new wardrobe, and bearing another dark secret...\u003cbr\u003eShe takes refuge with Gertrude, her dependable granny and Woody Creek's indomitable midwife, and settles into a routine in the ever-expanding and chaotic household.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut can she ever put the trauma of her past behind her and realise her dream of becoming a famous singer? Or is she doomed to follow in the footsteps of her tragic and mysterious mother?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"You can't fail to enjoy this portrait of rural Australian life in the wartime years with its many sorrows, joys and challenges.\" \u003ci\u003eWoman's Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFans of Rosalie Ham's \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dressmaker \u003ci\u003ewill love Joy Dettman.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165805297904,"sku":"9781742620930","price":12.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781742620930_p0.jpg?v=1763703569","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781742620930","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}