{"product_id":"the-gentle-care-for-broken-steven-gadd-9780645204599","title":"The Gentle Care for Broken Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn imaginative novel blending real events and historical figures with fiction as it follows the story of a unique violin, the people it touches, and the strange and magical history of Tasmanian folk music as played from Cape Barren Island to the Huon Valley.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the year 1700 in Milan, a violin is rejected by master luthier Carlo Giuseppe Testore and begins its journey through time and place, absorbing the music of centuries along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree hundred years later, Haley is new to Tasmania and finding her feet as a music teacher and as a violinist in the local folk music scene. She asks Aaron, a Hobart craftsman, to restore the battered Testore violin in a desperate bid to help Jesse, a young girl devastated by grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal, heartfelt, and immersed in place and history, \u003cem\u003e The Gentle Care for Broken Things\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to the deep importance of musical expression and the redeeming power of simple kindness and connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Gadd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645204595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645204599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashwood Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steven Gadd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522750443775,"sku":"9780645204599","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db1e49e0-1a90-4120-b062-be6ee2f9d19c.jpg?v=1700158825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gentle-care-for-broken-steven-gadd-9780645204599","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}