{"product_id":"the-blue-mile-kim-kelly-9781925579260","title":"The Blue Mile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn engaging, entertaining read set in 1930s Sydney against the backdrop of the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge...evocatively drawn.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Broke and hopeless in 1929, Yo O'Keenan flees the violence of his home in Chippendale, and by some miracle charms his way into a job on the Harbour Bridge, a new start for himself and his little sister, Agnes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, on the north side of Sydney, in her cluttered cottage at Lavender Bay, a young and ambitious costumier, Olivia Greene, works on her latest millinery creations, dreaming of taking her colours to Paris, London, New York.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A random encounter in the Botanic Gardens sparks a powerful attraction, even as the gulf between this pair seems wider than the blue mile of harbour that divides the city.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By mid-1932, the construction of the Bridge is complete, but Sydney is in chaos, on the brink of civil war, as the Great Depression begins to bite - hard.\u003cbr\u003e And then Yo disappears.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Against the glittering backdrop of Sydney Harbour, \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Mile\u003c\/em\u003e tells of the cruelties of poverty, the wild gamble a city took to build a wonder of the world, and the risks the truly brave will take for a chance at life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925579263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925579260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jazz Monkey Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d","brand":"Kim Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159448121599,"sku":"9781925579260","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ad55bf4-c8a2-4db0-80b3-10c1656c795c.jpg?v=1689082666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blue-mile-kim-kelly-9781925579260","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}