{"product_id":"distorted-lens-roy-merchant-9781916871106","title":"Distorted Lens","description":"It is 2017 in a quiet upmarket suburb in West Essex. A son waits for his father to arrive for their usual monthly coffee and chocolate morning together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo kill time, he takes his mind back to growing up in West Essex and the stories he heard as a child and begins to wonder what impact they had on his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book takes us back to 1959 when two people meet and fall in love after being refused a room in Hackney, London. One is Irish, the other is from the Caribbean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo mothers have to choose between the family that reared them and the new family and children they are creating in the changing Metropolis called London. Distorted Lens tells their story and the choices they make.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a story of, Love, courage, weakness, strength, loyalty and disloyalty seen through the eyes of the father and his son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his first novella, Roy Merchant, author of \u003ci\u003e\"Walking In The Shadows Of Death\"\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\"20 Things I Wish I Knew At 20\"\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eImage\u003c\/i\u003es (A collection of short stories) immerses the reader in the post-Windrush world and its influences in creating a modern multicultural Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Merchant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1916871100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916871106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nielsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.23d","brand":"Roy Merchant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742663848191,"sku":"9781916871106","price":9.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/distorted-lens-roy-merchant-9781916871106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}