{"product_id":"gifts-for-our-time","title":"Gifts For Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eGermany 1939, and Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport, unsure that she'll ever see her beloved mother and father again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce in England she is taken in by elderly Mrs Pelling, who grows to love Christa as the daughter she never had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in 1945 Mrs Pelling dies. While her will cannot be found, her money-grabbing niece appears out of the blue to claim her inheritance and turfs Christa out, with only a suitcase to her name. The prejudice against Germans still runs high in England, and Christa is unable to secure a job or a place to stay...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuck comes her way when a lady she saves from being mugged turns out to be Mayne Esher's friend Daniel's mother. Taking pity on Christa, they take her to Rivenshaw where they plan to start a new life as part of the Esher building firm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere Christa is welcomed with open arms and she soon develops a love for the place, the people and, Daniel...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Esherwood is not the trouble-free sanctuary she first thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetermined to do their bit for soldiers returning from the war they have agreed to allow the council to build prefabs on some of Esherwood's garden. But an empire-building town planner seems set on taking all of Mayne's land for the war effort...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMayne has also discovered a secret door at the back of the old Nissen hut, with a complicated locking mechanism that has local locksmiths dumbfounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust what is hidden behind the door to warrant such high security?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51444458193065,"sku":"9781473616394","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781473616394.jpg?v=1792710869","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/gifts-for-our-time","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}