{"product_id":"the-dreaming-suburb-9781504049290","title":"The Dreaming Suburb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetween the wars, the lives of four neighboring English families intersect in this \"highly recommended\" saga by a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author (\u003cem\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the spring of 1919, his wife's death brings Sergeant Jim Carver home from the front. He returns to be a single parent to his seven children in a place he has never lived: Number Twenty, Manor Park Avenue, in a South London suburb.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Carvers' neighbor Eunice Fraser, at Number Twenty-Two, has also known tragedy. Her soldier husband was killed, leaving her and her eight-year-old son, Esme, to fend for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At Number Four, Edith Clegg takes in lodgers and looks after her sister, Becky, whose mind has been shattered by a past trauma.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e No one knows much about the Friths, at Number Seventeen, who moved to the Avenue before the war.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first book in the two-part historical series the Avenue, which also includes \u003cem\u003eThe Avenue Goes to War\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dreaming Suburb\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers into the everyday lives of these English families between World War I and World War II, as their hopes, dreams, and struggles are played out against a radically changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504049290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.30d","brand":"Ronald Frederick Delderfield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655195226268,"sku":"9781504049290","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_226b1cf6-e046-4b71-bd25-c96ece310d12.jpg?v=1603884961","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dreaming-suburb-9781504049290","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}