{"product_id":"half-the-world-in-winter-by-maggie-joel","title":"Half the World in Winter by Maggie Joel - USED","description":"A captivating drama of family secrets and tragedies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is London, 1880, and Lucas Jarmyn struggles to make sense of the death of his beloved youngest daughter; his wife, Aurora, seeks solace in rigid social routines; and eighteen-year-old Dinah looks for fulfilment in unusual places. Only the housekeeper, the estimable Mrs Logan, seems able to carry on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA train accident in a provincial town on the railway Lucas owns claims the life of nine-year-old Alice Brinklow and, amid the public outcry, Alice's father, Thomas, journeys to London demanding justice. As he arrives in the Capital on a frozen January morning his fate, and that of the entire Jarmyn family, will hinge on such strange things as an ill-fated visit to a spiritualist, an errant chicken bone and a single vote cast at a board room meeting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with charm, humour and rich period detail, Maggie Joel has created an intriguing novel of a Victorian family adrift in their rapidly changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781743310908\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016091369535,"sku":null,"price":4.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/19010763482808.jpg?v=1773743518","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/half-the-world-in-winter-by-maggie-joel","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}