{"product_id":"necessary-chances-anne-louise-bannon-9781948616515","title":"Necessary Chances","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristmas time is here. Not so much happiness and cheer. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Christmas season may be Lisa Wycherly's favorite time of the year, but December 1989 is shaping up to be the worst ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst, her husband, Sid Hackbirn, gets the shock of his life when an old high school buddy turns up unexpectedly, triggering Sid's terrifying memories of fighting in the Vietnam War. Worse yet, the encounter pushes Sid and Lisa into investigating three crooked Federal agents while trying to hide their own top-secret work from their family and Sid's other friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there's a family problem too. Lisa's nephew Darby may be heading for trouble thanks to his exceptional talent as a violinist. A persistent agent is courting the 16-year-old, as are any number of girls. With Darby determined to stand on his own two feet, the rest of the family is worried that the boy is about to get himself into the kind of trouble adults can't handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Darby's ego spinning out of control, and each attempt to capture the crooked Feds going ever more disastrously awry, Lisa's merry little Christmas is turning into one deadly mess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Louise Bannon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948616513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948616515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Goodfellow Enterprises\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Anne Louise Bannon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874518708479,"sku":"9781948616515","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/necessary-chances-anne-louise-bannon-9781948616515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}