{"product_id":"the-long-way-home-fran-clark-9780993338151","title":"The Long Way Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn unexpected meeting sets Rose on a path to love and future happiness. When family secrets and even the forces of nature stack against her, the way to a happy-ever-after slips away.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the West Indian island of Dominica in 1889, Rose was abandoned by her father Antoine on the day she was born, after her mother Nanette died in childbirth. Rose's mixed heritage makes her an outcast to both of her parents' families and she grows up with an adoptive family without a true sense of her identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rose turns sixteen, she meets the poor but charismatic sailor Raphael and a romantic connection blooms, only to be put on hold because of a tremendous hurricane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmployed by wealthy widow, Elise La Fleur, Rose develops a close friendship with her. But when Elise accuses Rose of stealing her beloved locket, Rose's world is thrown into disarray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan the locket be the key that unlocks her past and the secrets of her birth?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart reading this captivating historical fiction of race, forbidden love and identity today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThis book is a softly treading romance in the backdrop of the complicated history of the First World War and recruitment from West Indian regiments\u003c\/em\u003e.\" Amita Murray, Unladylike Lessons In Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fran Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0993338151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780993338151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Island Dream Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Fran Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637165244671,"sku":"9780993338151","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbc5ac59-2e3a-4528-ab2f-8784619a14f5.jpg?v=1765114350","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-way-home-fran-clark-9780993338151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}