{"product_id":"hear-the-pennies-dropping-peter-strawhan-9781760410698","title":"Hear the Pennies Dropping","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second colourful, varied and often hard-hitting collection of new poems from the South Australian author of \u003cem\u003ePalace of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Strawhan was born at the 'Old Queen Vic' Maternity Hospital, Rosewater, in 1932. A bleak wartime childhood in a working-class western suburb followed. He endured a five-year apprenticeship as a motor mechanic, later spending almost twenty-five years as an insurance assessor. A midlife crisis and adult matriculation led to Flinders University and a BA in History with First Class Honours. In 2005, after retiring to the south coast, he was awarded a doctorate by the University of Adelaide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Strawhan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760410691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760410698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ginninderra Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.27d","brand":"Peter Strawhan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486000754943,"sku":"9781760410698","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3cecc18e-e1cf-46b5-94fa-cbb628ab4412.jpg?v=1778053003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hear-the-pennies-dropping-peter-strawhan-9781760410698","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}