{"product_id":"riverboy-jim-ewing-9781761097096","title":"Riverboy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe coastal town is not named, nor is 'the boy' about whom, and by whom, this story of 1950's and 1960's rural Australia is written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of the narrative revolves around fishing waters fresh and salt in Victoria's Western District. More than that, it is a journey from birth to hormones-haywire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emid-teens of a lad blessed with good health and sporting ability, his interactions with Irish and Scottish born immigrant parents, and observing the attitudes and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echaracters in a conservative provincial community of that era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplated above all perhaps, is the boy's ambivalence towards a British ex-serviceman father so contrasting in persona and profession to the dinkum blue-collar Anzac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edads of his schoolmates, and finding his way to finally, and fully, appreciate this admirable man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Ewing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1761097091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781761097096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ginninderra Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Jim Ewing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874402611455,"sku":"9781761097096","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/riverboy-jim-ewing-9781761097096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}