{"product_id":"snails-pace-susan-mcdonough-wachtman-9781959804383","title":"Snail's Pace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA young woman in 1884\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e doesn't have many options ...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e But Susannah did not expect\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e to be tutoring an alien snail child\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e while aboard a ship sailing in space ...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Who will get the real education?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned and penniless in Hong Kong in 1884 - what's a young gentlewoman to do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpulsive, adventurous, and self-confident, Susannah accepts an offer to become the governess to a young foreigner on a ship. She does not expect the ship to be in space, or the foreign child to be an alien who looks like a giant snail. Nevertheless, she throws herself into the job of bringing Victorian decorum to the natives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when she is accused of spying and put on trial in an alien court, Susannah has to challenge the law of the aliens to save herself - and her young and slimy student.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan McDonough-Wachtman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959804383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959804383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Water Dragon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Susan McDonough-Wachtman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132755210495,"sku":"9781959804383","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9127136e-ff1e-4f8f-9d01-2bec82a4ab72.jpg?v=1687482110","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/snails-pace-susan-mcdonough-wachtman-9781959804383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}