{"product_id":"the-piano-player-maybelle-wallis-9781781994740","title":"The Piano Player","description":"Murderous secrets and lost love in Dublin during the Great Famine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Dublin 1849, wealth contrasts savagely with squalid poverty, the bitter injustices of the Great Famine create a generation of the dispossessed, and hospitals are overwhelmed with pandemic disease. Deaths haunt every street, but some are not due to natural causes: patients who should have recovered are dying, and a violent gang murders in plain sight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane, a theatrical pianist, has married Edmond Verity, a celebrated actor. When they perform in Dublin, her former lover, Dr William Doughty, knows he ought to keep his distance. When Edmond, a gambler struggling with his demons, becomes ill, he finds a physician whose first passion is his racing stable. As Jane's fortunes reverse, she must find a way to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring a pivotal epoch in Irish history, this is an intricate novel of music and medicine, of trust and trickery, of destructive secrets and lost love: compelling, intriguing and poignant.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maybelle Wallis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781994749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781994740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poolbeg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Maybelle Wallis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130529247487,"sku":"9781781994740","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b0a3c57-0a12-45dc-b8fd-46c18501f32f.jpg?v=1687469864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-piano-player-maybelle-wallis-9781781994740","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}