{"product_id":"widow-ginger","title":"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 café in Old Compton Street for Uncle Bert's breakfast special when \u003cb\u003ethe Widow Ginger\u003c\/b\u003e comes to call.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227164135768,"sku":"9780552148962","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780552148962.jpg?v=1764837041","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/widow-ginger","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}