{"product_id":"an-episode-of-sparrows-by-rumer-godden-9780349017518","title":"An Episode of Sparrows","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Narcissus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A masterpiece of construction and utterly realistically convincing' — JACQUELINE WILSON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Godden's rich understanding of human nature, her humour and her beautiful prose inevitably leave one aglow' — CHICAGO TRIBUNE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Godden here tries her deft writing hand at landscaping a child's heart' — \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomeone has been digging up the private garden in the Square. Miss Angela Chesney of the Garden Committee is sure that a gang of local boys is to blame, but her sister, Olivia, isn't so sure. She wonders why the neighbourhood children — 'sparrows' she calls them — have to be locked out: don't they have a right to enjoy the garden too?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNobody has any idea what sends Lovejoy Mason and her few friends in search of 'good garden earth'. Still less do they imagine where their investigation will lead them — to a struggling restaurant, a bombed-out church, and, at the heart of it all, a hidden garden.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Only Rumer Godden could make a simple tale of a forbidden garden pulse with suspense' — \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340628181228,"sku":"9780349017518","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ca54a604f27de016d0b39e64d1d01a83.jpg?v=1772191782","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/an-episode-of-sparrows-by-rumer-godden-9780349017518","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}