{"product_id":"the-widow-ginger-pip-granger-9780552148962","title":"The Widow Ginger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for fans of Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell a feel-good colourful and comic saga set in post war London from Sunday Times bestseller Pip Granger. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Packed with sharp authentic detail this tale told through a child's eyes brings to life a colourful world of great characters from a bygone age.\" -- \u003ci\u003eHOME \u0026amp; COUNTRY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Loved this book. Could not put it down read it in two sittings...\" -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I enjoyed every minute of it and was sad when I finished it...\" -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***********************************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eALL WAS CALM AND NORMAL...UNTIL A STRANGER CAME INTO TOWN...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1954 Soho London\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRosie\u003c\/b\u003e and her beloved \u003cb\u003eAuntie Maggie\u003c\/b\u003e are opening up their caf in Old Compton Street for Uncle Bert's breakfast special when \u003cb\u003ethe Widow Ginger\u003c\/b\u003e comes to call. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Widow Ginger an ex-GI with ice-cold blue eyes is especially scary. He has unfinished business with \u003cb\u003eUncle Bert\u003c\/b\u003e- business that includes being cheated on his share of a 'liberated' lorry-load of guns and explosives during the War - and he intends to make sure he now gets paid in full. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd this isn't all: the lovely \u003cb\u003eLuigi\u003c\/b\u003e appears to be suffering from a severe case of unrequited lust; Bert and the local Mafioso \u003cb\u003eMaltese Joe\u003c\/b\u003e have had an acrimonious falling-out; and most worrying of all Rosie's best friend \u003cb\u003eJenny\u003c\/b\u003e has begun to keel over mysteriously in the school playground.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Widow Ginger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e continues Rosie's story (started in \u003ci\u003eNot All Tarts Are Apples\u003c\/i\u003e) and paints a picture of 1950s Soho so authentic you feel as though you are there...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pip Granger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0552148962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780552148962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Corgi Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.01h x 4.21w x 1.06d","brand":"Pip Granger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48748281299199,"sku":"9780552148962","price":9.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4a357b8-7f08-4463-8b96-2e9771c03692.jpg?v=1782628320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-widow-ginger-pip-granger-9780552148962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}