{"product_id":"first-appearances-ray-hobbs-9781636830148","title":"First Appearances","description":"\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Ivor Loveday returns from survivors' leave after being torpedoed in the Atlantic. It is 1941, and Nazi U-boats are sinking Brtish shipping at an alarming rate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvor takes up his new appointment as First Lieutenant of \u003cem\u003eHMS Hosta\u003c\/em\u003e, a decoy, or Q-ship, brought out of retirement and hastily refitted after similar service in the previous war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a capable and confident officer, and he sets about training \u003cem\u003eHosta\u003c\/em\u003e's gun crews and performing his duties as First Lieutenant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Western Approaches HQ in Liverpool, he meets Grace, a confident and outspoken Wren from Tyneside. Their mutual attraction is immediately apparent, and their relationship flourishes until Grace begins to have reservations about their social differences and their future. He disagrees, but she is a determined young woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the backdrop of the Battle of the Atlantic, Ivor can have no idea whether he has a future with Grace or if they are destined to part. Meanwhile, he must concentrate on the task allotted to him, to sink U-boats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Hobbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1636830145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636830148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e WingSpan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Ray Hobbs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459588468991,"sku":"9781636830148","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52bc15e4-bf33-402f-8bd3-99f9cbf89467.jpg?v=1777410639","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-appearances-ray-hobbs-9781636830148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}