{"product_id":"a-swansea-child-geoff-brookes-9780992869052","title":"A Swansea Child: An Inspector Rumsey Bucke Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGripping...satisfyingly complex...intricately plotted...a persuasive picture of the hidden life of a Victorian town\u003c\/strong\u003e (Welsh Country Magazine)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third book in the Rumsey Bucke series set in Swansea of the early nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is February 1881, just a few short months since the collapsing mine brought an end to the horror of the church of Our Lady of Mumbles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Swansea is still a troubled and dangerous place, full of dark secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChana, heiress to a fortune, rescued from revolution overseas, was brought to the town as a child, for safety. Now her father has arrived to reclaim her. But no one knows who Chana is anymore or where she might be. And Swansea is a terrible place to be a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Chana alive? Or has she been buried on the beach like so many others?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe life of a child contains nothing more than poverty and squalor, bringing disease and death; childhood is nothing more than a daily fight for survival. Can anyone ever be rescued from this? Can anyone change their life and so find a new beginning? Can diamonds still be found amongst the ashes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe macabre murders of young boys brings a new terror to the town and in an atmosphere of fear and paranoia, when women are also attacked brutally at night, Inspector Rumsey Bucke tracks a heartless killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd meanwhile an abandoned, lonely, child pushes a pram endlessly through the streets..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explores the themes of identity, childhood and love, set against the vivid backdrop of a disorderly town, where hope is a fragile flower, clinging desperately to life in a hostile world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoff Brookes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0992869056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780992869052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.81d","brand":"Geoff Brookes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981872300287,"sku":"9780992869052","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b6198ae-8d24-4a7f-9279-94ebb39741da.jpg?v=1683258001","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-swansea-child-geoff-brookes-9780992869052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}