{"product_id":"summer-in-the-heart-john-mcmillan-9781462009749","title":"Summer in the Heart","description":"\"That summer in the heart which is known only in youth.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummer in the Heart is a lyrical evocation of the innocence, fun and liberation of growing up in the 1960s. Moving into and through his teens, Jim Mitchell must put his County Antrim village childhood behind him and adapt to the wider world of grammar school and the life of Belfast city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the process the reader accompanies Jim on a series of marvellous episodes. There is the self-conscious torture of his first school dance; playing truant from the formidable Cheyenne Bodie's maths class; and the secrecy and fear that surround the summer love he finds with his country sweetheart June.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubsequently we follow Jim's progress through the coffee bars and streets of Belfast, new friendships and the love of city girl Katie, to his first real taste of freedom on a working holiday at an English seaside resort in the long hot summer of 1964. Jim progresses from the self-doubt and alienation of early adolescence to the beginnings of emotional maturity. The disparate settings and characters of the novel are conveyed with equal power, small worlds portrayed in a poetic way, with delicious feeling and humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462009743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462009749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"John McMillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458486448383,"sku":"9781462009749","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26734edf-5397-4a1e-bab4-6720a56f2e37.jpg?v=1777404743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/summer-in-the-heart-john-mcmillan-9781462009749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}