{"product_id":"the-art-deco-mansion-in-ruth-bonetti-9780987544261","title":"The Art Deco Mansion in St Lucia: What drove the man who built it?","description":"\u003cp\u003eSt Lucia, the Brisbane suburb famed for its university campus, emerged despite world wars, Spanish Influenza and Depression. In the 1950s, kangaroos hopped across open paddocks; snakes slithered through scrub. The sanitary cart, ice man, milkman and whistle-tooting postman traversed rutted dirt roads to service the community. And, each morning, sun-warmed milk churned the stomachs of the students at Ironside State School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, as bold new scaffolding reached for the sky, people watched, amazed, and asked Who could build this huge mansion-with an elevator in it-amid post war building constraints? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this St Lucia setting, a wide-eyed child of the outback overcame her terror of big schools, big cities, and big universities. A man of vision, faith and love inspired Ruth to rise above such challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of her grandfather. The third book of Ruth Back Bonetti's \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun to Southern Cross\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy gives his own voice from interviews and voluminous correspondence, to answer the question: What drove this Migrant-Made-Good?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Bonetti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0987544268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780987544261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Words and Musica Bonetti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Ruth Bonetti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988496777471,"sku":"9780987544261","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c58971d-568e-44f7-9e6f-c32ca4a32778.jpg?v=1683294802","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-deco-mansion-in-ruth-bonetti-9780987544261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}