{"product_id":"9781760410698","title":"Hear the Pennies Dropping","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second colourful, varied and often hard-hitting collection of new poems from the South Australian author of \u003cem\u003ePalace of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Strawhan was born at the ‘Old Queen Vic’ Maternity Hospital, Rosewater, in 1932. A bleak wartime childhood in a working-class western suburb followed. He endured a five-year apprenticeship as a motor mechanic, later spending almost twenty-five years as an insurance assessor. A midlife crisis and adult matriculation led to Flinders University and a BA in History with First Class Honours. In 2005, after retiring to the south coast, he was awarded a doctorate by the University of Adelaide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ginninderra Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045897191664,"sku":"9781760410698","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781760410698_p0.jpg?v=1763705521","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781760410698","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}