{"product_id":"a-week-at-st-andre-alec-nesbitt-9780595361434","title":"A Week at St-Andre","description":"Old Sir Julian Sparrow is suddenly killed. His son, Vivian, inherits the baronetcy, the fortune and-a hostile half-brother he didn't know existed.\u003cp\u003e Summer, 1935. In the village of St-André-le-Placide a ten-year-old boy's racing pigeons and two tormented women set events in motion that lead to murder even as a 'grand passion\" is born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the ancient Chateau Sir Vivian Sparrow and his sister Angela are greeted with graciousness, brooding hostility and by Angela's chic and adorable friend who drives a dangerously fast Bugatti.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Week at St-André\u003c\/i\u003e vividly contrasts the greed and cruelty of one man to the noble spirit of his nemesis; the hopelessness of one wife to the compassionate understanding of another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This elegant story, set in the Atlantic coastal region of France, evokes the styles and foibles of the aged Third Republic. Two children, separated by social class, become bound to one another as witnesses to a terrifying incident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The fashions, cuisine and motor-cars in the story impart rich detail to a thoroughly convincing creation of time and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As counterpoint to the book's somber mysteries, two charming patrician personalities pursue their exuberant sensual pleasure unfettered by the mores of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alec Nesbitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595361439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595361434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Alec Nesbitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435543867647,"sku":"9780595361434","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09058c6b-0447-493f-9a87-6cfca3d166d2.jpg?v=1777151079","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-week-at-st-andre-alec-nesbitt-9780595361434","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}