{"product_id":"innocence-frank-white-9781529327878","title":"Innocence: Two Novellas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo wonderfully evocative short novels from the author of \u003ci\u003eThere Was A Time\u003c\/i\u003e - surely the last novel about the Second World War to have been written by someone who served in it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInnocence is paired here with a complementary story, \u003ci\u003eA Morse Code Set\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1964 and available recently only as an eBook. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Morse Code Set\u003c\/i\u003e, set in Manchester in 1939, a boy finds his world turned upside down by the outbreak of war. When his own father is called up by the Army and Freddy accepts an offer from the father of one of his friends to repair his beloved morse code set, the youngster sets in motion a potentially tragic turn of events. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eInnocence\u003c\/i\u003e, young Tony grapples with the consequences of his father leaving his family, and a growing awareness of his own sexuality. The narrative brilliantly conjures a place and time - a Yorkshire village in the 1960s - and is yet quite universal, a story of family, community and heartbreak, of growing up and growing away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529327873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529327878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Frank White","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485554847999,"sku":"9781529327878","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_574f2954-f3f9-4e24-aeb9-f50d7898ba13.jpg?v=1778050030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/innocence-frank-white-9781529327878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}