{"product_id":"9781849899789","title":"The Doughnut Man","description":"A surreal story for children.  Joe Osborne was an orphan.  He was\u003cbr\u003eeleven years of age and could not wait to grow up quickly enough.  He\u003cbr\u003ewanted to be a man, not tomorrow or the day after.  He wanted to be a\u003cbr\u003eman, NOW and his wish was granted when he met BERTIE, who sold\u003cbr\u003edoughnuts outside the football ground where Joe wanted to watch the\u003cbr\u003ematch, but a bad storm broke out that day and the doughnut stall was a\u003cbr\u003edisaster. Joe helped the old man to resurrect his stall under shelter,\u003cbr\u003eonly to discover that he was seven-hundred and forty-two years old ...\u003cbr\u003e(well, give or take a decade or two . . but nobody was counting. . .)\u003cbr\u003eBertie was able to tell Joe how life was in the reigns of older kings\u003cbr\u003eand queens of the past and relates interesting tales of those past\u003cbr\u003etimes.  He also knew how to become invisible at times, as nobody would\u003cbr\u003eexpect anyone to live to that ripe old age unless he could get away\u003cbr\u003efrom himself sometimes.  Would they?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe longed to live like a man and Bertie just wanted to die as one\u003cbr\u003e...and couldn't.   But there was a secret that would release the old\u003cbr\u003eman from his toil worn life ...  and another secret that would grant\u003cbr\u003eJoe the wish he wanted..","brand":"Andrews UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136223396080,"sku":"9781849899789","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849899789_p0.jpg?v=1763753249","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849899789","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}