{"product_id":"9781925579260","title":"The Blue Mile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn engaging, entertaining read set in 1930s Sydney against the backdrop of the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge...evocatively drawn.' – \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroke and hopeless in 1929, Yo O'Keenan flees the violence of his home in Chippendale, and by some miracle charms his way into a job on the Harbour Bridge, a new start for himself and his little sister, Agnes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, on the north side of Sydney, in her cluttered cottage at Lavender Bay, a young and ambitious costumier, Olivia Greene, works on her latest millinery creations, dreaming of taking her colours to Paris, London, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA random encounter in the Botanic Gardens sparks a powerful attraction, even as the gulf between this pair seems wider than the blue mile of harbour that divides the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy mid-1932, the construction of the Bridge is complete, but Sydney is in chaos, on the brink of civil war, as the Great Depression begins to bite – hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then Yo disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the glittering backdrop of Sydney Harbour, \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Mile\u003c\/em\u003e tells of the cruelties of poverty, the wild gamble a city took to build a wonder of the world, and the risks the truly brave will take for a chance at life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kim Swivel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043998122224,"sku":"9781925579260","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925579260_p0.jpg?v=1763635229","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925579260","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}