{"product_id":"the-lodgers-annette-creswell-9781736721810","title":"The Lodgers","description":"When Mabel, a former Vaudeville performer, lands a job managing a boarding house on the ocean, she appears to attract a disparate cast of lodgers, all with unfortunate and dark lives.The lodgers include: Two queens, old thespian friends of Mabel's who live in the basement with a peppercorn rent.Therese, a pregnant Irish girl banished to England by her mother who assumes she is in an unmarried mothers' home in the care of the nuns.Irene, a recovering alcoholic who has a sister Judy who, due to a trauma experienced during the war is unable to speak.Arthur, an aged army major, had a son Ned who was shot for desertion.Harry, alias Percy, a con man and felon who befriends the landlady, Mabel.When Therese moves to the Outback to get married, Judy follows and one day Judy spots a Kookaburra in a nearby tree. When the bird laughs, an unexpected, wondrous miracle happens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annette Creswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 173672181X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736721810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outer Banks Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d","brand":"Annette Creswell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982101250303,"sku":"9781736721810","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bca81b73-680b-4123-8748-63c93e3601b9.jpg?v=1683259233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lodgers-annette-creswell-9781736721810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}