{"product_id":"murder-at-the-docks-9781037124082","title":"Murder at the Docks","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1906, in the docklands of Hong Kong, seven-year-old Enid witnessed the murder of her father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat moment would shape the rest of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned by twelve and raised in the high noon of Empire, Enid grew up amid devastating loss, brittle pretence and a way of life blind to its own impending unravelling. As war swept across the Far East, she endured the unimaginable as a civilian prisoner under Japanese occupation, emerging alive but permanently scarred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer survival came at a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurder at the Docks is not simply a story of violence or war. It is a story of silence-of a woman who lived through her family's tragedy and history's convulsions yet never spoke of them and of a grandson determined to understand what trauma, sacrifice and empire had left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning the Far Eastern Empire, wartime internment camps and post-war Britain, Murder at the Docks is a deeply personal excavation of memory, resilience and pervasive silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781037124082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Richard Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53240106352821,"sku":"9781037124082","price":26.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781037124082.jpg?v=1788975469","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/murder-at-the-docks-9781037124082","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}