{"product_id":"waterbury-winter-a-novel-9781647423414","title":"Waterbury Winter: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBarnaby Brown is a young widower who longs to move to California and reawaken his long-lost early life as an artist. He faces several obstacles, including heavy drinking and long-term neglect of his ancestral home, but re-discovers the value of old friendships and latent talents and finds the courage to consider a second chance at love. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 264 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 03 May 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarnaby Brown has had enough of the freezing winters, insurmountable debt, dead-end job, and solitary life as a young widower with no one but his beloved parrot Popsicle. He yearns to move to California and reawaken his long-lost early life as an artist. But new troubles come in threes. His ancient car crashes into a snowbank. Popsicle escapes through a window carelessly left open.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA New York gallery owner offers to represent Barnaby's paintings—but is he on the up-and-up? All of it serves to shock Barnaby into confronting how low he has sunk, and he vows—again and again—to change. He has a few obstacles, starting with his heavy drinking and long-term neglect of his ancestral home. As he takes steps toward a better life, he re-discovers the value of old friendships and latent talents seen in new light, and finds the courage to consider a second chance at love. Rejoining the mainstream of life presents several startling mysteries he must unravel, with a few mortifying but enlightening stumbles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA heart-warming novel about ordinary people reclaiming their dormant potential, Waterbury Winter celebrates the restorative value of art and the joy to be found in keeping promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 350g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 215 x 140 x 32 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781647423414\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Linda Stewart Henley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44098933883130,"sku":"9781647423414","price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1655461623266_book.jpg?v=1655647025","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/waterbury-winter-a-novel-9781647423414","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}