{"product_id":"survival-nick-jones-9781917293891","title":"Survival","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe 'farm school' system, jointly sponsored by the Australian and British governments, encouraged World War II orphans to be sent by ship to Australia to start a new life under the now-notorious Assisted Passages scheme. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSurvival\u003c\/em\u003e is the shared mantra of the disparate collection of characters who inhabit this novel. From Brigadier Giles Perbright (a latter day Wackford Squeers) to Jack Cooper, a Sapper who made it back from Normandy; diminutive 8-year-old Betty, a Birmingham war orphan who could run a McDonalds restaurant single-handed, and her side-kick, the itinerant Jackeroo Kiwi Lewis. Then there's ex-public schoolboy and cycle racing enthusiast Nick, his widowed Belgian refugee mother Mimi, and the cheerful dog-race-loving Doreen, running a secret underground munitions factory. Plus the octogenarian gambling grandmother Nana Belle, the solitary inhabitant of an Edwardian mansion worthy of a Philip Marlowe thriller. All intend to survive. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917293895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917293891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Nick Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873968369919,"sku":"9781917293891","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/survival-nick-jones-9781917293891","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}