{"product_id":"the-bookshop-on-lilac-island-linda-hughes-9798330559787","title":"The Bookshop on Lilac Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFamily secrets. Hidden treasures. Healing hearts - past and present.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Florence Withers and her husband inherit a long-forgotten building on Mackinac Island, they discover a sealed-off bookshop - and a trove of diaries that date back to the Gilded Age. The journals tell stories too scandalous to believe: a woman committed to an asylum in 1905, her sister stealing both her husband and her child, and a lifetime of silence buried under polite society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Florence begins searching for the descendants of the women in those pages, long-buried truths shake the island's history - and stir up secrets of her own. Especially when her estranged mother-in-law unexpectedly arrives, dragging emotional baggage Florence thought had been packed away for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeartfelt and layered, this Real-world Women's Fiction novel blends past and present, mystery and emotion, in a story of women's strength, second chances, and the healing power of truth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798330559787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Linda Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135677251839,"sku":"9798330559787","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0633336d-b2fe-4615-8447-30ccdbc4b1e1.jpg?v=1755010815","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bookshop-on-lilac-island-linda-hughes-9798330559787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}