{"product_id":"9781927755082","title":"Under the Old Railway Clock: Reminiscences of a Time, a Place, and a Very Dear Brother, William Marshall","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1933 at a summer holiday camp in Dymchurch, Kent organized for children in Church-run orphanages, destiny deemed a ten-year-old boy and a eight-year-old girl would meet under the most bizarre circumstances. What the camp leader was to divulge to the children, would change their lives forever. Pointing one finger at the girl, then at the boy, she said simply, 'You two are brother and sister.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bizarre isolated meeting of author \u003cb\u003eCaroline Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e and her brother William Marshall in their childhood years would develop, in time to come, into a tight-knit relationship that spanned decades. \u003cb\u003eUNDER THE OLD RAILWAY CLOCK\u003c\/b\u003e deftly illuminates for readers a time and place - England from the 1930s through to 2007. William was a sailor, hero, husband, father, gambler, coin collector, cook, flirt with the ladies - and a very dear brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London, England, and raised in an orphanage in Kent. Knowing the importance of family relationships, she pushed forward for forty years to discover her brothers' and sisters' identities, overcoming many obstacles so the siblings could experience those ties - and their stories could finally be told in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea sequence of three books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarried in 1944, she emigrated to Canada in 1967 and lived in Ontario before moving to British Columbia in 1987. Her husband died in 1999. She has one daughter, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a wealth of proud memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Agio Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062909878512,"sku":"9781927755082","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927755082_p0.jpg?v=1763636813","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927755082","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}