{"product_id":"the-burnt-roses-jon-ferguson-9781911249986","title":"The Burnt Roses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONELINESS IS A KILLER, so people have said... and Martha is lonely, even though a neurological quirk makes her see familiar faces everywhere. To the extent that she has to hold down tricky conversations with jostling, self-important dollar bills, go lip-to-lip with a Hollywood icon, and ride a warhorse with a stiff and spectacular General, all within the same square mile.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil Baker doesn't even have quirks to break through his monotonous existence but don't let us the readers be guilty of overlooking him too. Though exhaustion makes his soul invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha and Neil don't meet. But they have a common denominator in Aaron, a quiet, sensitive and ardently faithful boy, who doesn't fit in either - despite his loving family and his prayers - and who feels the full force of the dramas that encircle him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, the very first novel he committed to paper, and now being published for the first time, Jon Ferguson paints a transatlantic, era-crossing world of pain and humour that has a lot in common with classics such as \u003cem\u003eUnder Milkwood\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e while retaining his modern American voice. Imagine Holden Caulfield writing \u003cem\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/em\u003e.A stretch too far? Open this book and let it take you there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911249983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911249986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Huge Jam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.40d","brand":"Jon Ferguson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873940418815,"sku":"9781911249986","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-burnt-roses-jon-ferguson-9781911249986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}