{"product_id":"the-proving-of-rose-alleyn-9781739781453","title":"The Proving of Rose Alleyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\" 'Wake up, my love, it's morning.' ...Now I have placed the sound ...Rain sputtering in the gutter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis lips brush my forehead. I catch the fresh morning scent of him, that hint of lemon which enticed me right from the start.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA heart-warming story of enduring love, and a portrait of life at a particular historic moment seen through the eyes of one close-knit community in the East of England.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1920. In the market town of Widdock, Rose Pritchard has her husband Leonard back from World War 1, physically in one piece but haunted by nightmares. She cares for him and for her brother Jack while still running the two bookshops that she and Leonard own, but pressures build, not least when \u003cstrong\u003eLeonard meets the cultured and charming Italian wife of a diplomat\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003cstrong\u003ea beautiful historical novel with many resonances in the uneasy world of the 2020s\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan be read as a standalone novel or as the sequel to The Testing of Rose Alleyn, also published by Ingram Spark (ISBN 978-1-7397814-0-8)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 186 Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739781453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Vivien Freeman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103898632373,"sku":"9781739781453","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c09503e7-8604-469d-9158-0fa038562f1c.jpg?v=1693282154","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-proving-of-rose-alleyn-9781739781453","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}