{"product_id":"i-refused-to-be-a-howard-norman-9781578691807","title":"I Refused to Be a War Bride: Detective Levy Detects, Episode 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetective Levy is at it again in episode three, where the past meets up with the present and something unforeseen becomes the center of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring WWII, Bettina Eldersveld arrives in Halifax by steamer from Holland. She's obligated to marry the man who had paid her passage, but when she meets her sponsor face-to-face, she boldly says, \"I refuse to be a war bride!\" Decades later, she hires Detective Levy and his fianc?e, the photographer Alexa Sands, to track down Bettina's long-lost daughter, whom she raised as a single mother in a house full of other wayward war brides. While ruminating on WWII history, Levy and Sands realize the sheer passage of time deeply affects their own romantic courtship. Will they solve the case and still have time to marry? Find out in this stand-alone graphic noir story of war, absence, redemption, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith special guest appearances by (the fictionalized) Senator Leahy, the ghost of Veronica Lake, opera singer Erik Kroncke, film historian Rick Winston, and Robert the bakery poet! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Norman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 157869180X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578691807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rootstock Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Howard Norman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46233317802239,"sku":"9781578691807","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d40e2da-7ae2-468f-b2b4-54390ddd40e8.jpg?v=1728992678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-refused-to-be-a-howard-norman-9781578691807","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}