{"product_id":"the-hambledown-dream-dean-mayes-9781926760339","title":"The Hambledown Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Hambledown Dream\u003c\/i\u003e features beautiful writing, a bit of magic, a touch of music, compelling characters, and the passion of two souls reaching for one another across the burden of distance and impossibility. I was both absorbed by the novel, by its lyrical prose that reads like a song, and moved by the storyline of a man whose love is so strong, even death cannot stop it. The Hambledown Dream is at times gritty, but it's real and life affirming, filled with poignant longing. It's an emotional book that pulls you in by the heartstrings.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCarolina Valdez Miller, author\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAustralian Denny Banister had it all; a successful career, a passion for the guitar, and Sonya - the love of his life. Tragically, Denny is struck down with inoperable cancer. Andy DeVries has almost nothing; alienated from his family, moving through a dangerous Chicago underworld dealing in drugs, battling addiction while keeping a wavering hold on the only thing that matters to him: a place at a prestigious conservatory for classical guitar in Chicago. As Andy recovers from a near fatal overdose, he is plagued by dreams - memories of a love he has never felt, and a life he's never lived. Driven by the need for redemption and by the love for a woman he's never met, he begins a quest to find her, knowing her only by the memories of a stranger and the dreams of a place called Hambledown... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBe sure to also read Dean Mayes' other novels: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGifts of the Peramangk\u003cbr\u003eThe Artisan Heart\u003cbr\u003eThe Recipient\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Mayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1926760336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781926760339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central Avenue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.64d\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Dean Mayes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47203057041663,"sku":"9781926760339","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c545f0d-4b3c-4cc3-affa-b1016de323de.jpg?v=1756834198","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hambledown-dream-dean-mayes-9781926760339","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}