{"product_id":"fresh-beginnings","title":"Fresh Beginnings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003en intriguing mixture of stories, all in Leela Dutt’s inimitable style – something here for everyone, and beautifully illustrated by Kate Attfield.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome are short and funny, some poignant – widows faced with losing their grandchildren, a daughter burying her father and dealing with a domineering mother. One endearing narrator is not human at all but still strikes a chord with us. Time travellers visit Hans Andersen’s Copenhagen; a young German boy is welcomed by some but by no means all in Hertfordshire just after the war. Perilous adventures in a hire car in the south of France are described by a lad who is unaware that at the very moment he’s telling us about his family holiday, London is under attack. A young Japanese car manufacturer encounters the strange people of the South Wales Valleys – and their grandfather who was a prisoner of war in Burma. Finally the life story of a Quaker celebrating her ninetieth birthday at the end of the century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeela Dutt’s collection \u003ci\u003eFresh Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e will warm your heart and stay in your mind – it might even make you laugh!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bridgetown Café Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65998350254429,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1095\/0823\/1517\/files\/FreshBeginningsSmall.jpg?v=1790092819","url":"https:\/\/bhpbridgertowncafebookshop.myshopify.com\/products\/fresh-beginnings","provider":"Bridgetown Café Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}