{"product_id":"9781864711257","title":"Stillwater Creek","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling debut novel about redemption, war, and the ties that hold families together\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt is 1957 and—after the death of her husband—pianist Ilona Talivaldis and her nine-year-old daughter Zidra travel to the remote coastal town of Jingera in New South Wales. Ilona, a concentration camp survivor from Latvia, is searching for peace and an opportunity to start anew. In her beautiful vine-covered cottage on the edge of the lagoon, she plans to set herself up as a piano teacher. The weeks pass, and slowly mother and daughter get to know the  townsfolk—including kind-hearted butcher George Cadwallader who is forever gazing at the stars; his son Jim, a boy wise beyond his years; Peter Vincent, a former wartime pilot and POW; and Cherry Bates, the publican's wife who is about to make a horrifying discovery. It's quickly apparent that Jingera is not quite the utopia Ilona imagined it to be—a discovery that may force her to risk the one thing she holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060591575280,"sku":"9781864711257","price":14.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781864711257_p0.jpg?v=1763601723","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781864711257","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}