{"product_id":"the-house-with-a-thousand-stairs-9781922368355","title":"The House with a Thousand Stairs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House With a Thousand Stairs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarrambool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Gamilaraay, the language of the Kamilaroi peoples of north-western New South Wales, it's the word for The Milky Way. It's also the name of Peter Dixon's homestead and sheep station, situated in the lee of the Liverpool Ranges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1947, Peter returns from war, his parents and younger brother dead, the property de-stocked and his older brother, Ron, having emptied out the family bank account and nowhere to be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe House With a Thousand Stairs is the story of a young man, scarred both on the inside and the outside, trying to re-establish what once was a prosperous and thriving sheep station with the help of his neighbours and his childhood friend, Frank Hunter, the local Indigenous policeman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnveloped by the world of Indigenous spirituality, the Kamilaroi system of animal guides and totems, Peter and Frank discover the true nature of their predestined friendship, one defined by the stars, the ancestral spirits, and Baiame, the Creator God and Sky Father of The Dreaming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaliyan bandaarr, maliyan biliirr.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Moshpit Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922368355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Garrick Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670662705308,"sku":"9781922368355","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c83ca35f-f54b-446e-8e91-8e622b899d63.jpg?v=1603923280","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-house-with-a-thousand-stairs-9781922368355","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}