{"product_id":"the-dreaming-suburb-paperback","title":"The Dreaming Suburb - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald Frederick Delderfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetween the wars, the lives of four neighboring English families intersect in this \"highly recommended\" saga by a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author (\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the spring of 1919, his wife's death brings Sergeant Jim Carver home from the front. He returns to be a single parent to his seven children in a place he has never lived: Number Twenty, Manor Park Avenue, in a South London suburb. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Carvers' neighbor Eunice Fraser, at Number Twenty-Two, has also known tragedy. Her soldier husband was killed, leaving her and her eight-year-old son, Esme, to fend for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At Number Four, Edith Clegg takes in lodgers and looks after her sister, Becky, whose mind has been shattered by a past trauma. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No one knows much about the Friths, at Number Seventeen, who moved to the Avenue before the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first book in the two-part historical series the Avenue, which also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Avenue Goes to War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dreaming Suburb\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers into the everyday lives of these English families between World War I and World War II, as their hopes, dreams, and struggles are played out against a radically changing world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eR. F. Delderfield (1912-1972) was born in South London. On leaving school he joined the \u003ci\u003eExmouth Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper as a junior reporter and went on to become editor. He began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. With the publication of his first saga, A Horseman Riding By, he became one of Britain's most popular authors, and his novels have been bestsellers ever since. Many of his works, including the Horseman Riding By series, \u003ci\u003eTo Serve Them All My Days\u003c\/i\u003e, the Avenue novels, and \u003ci\u003eDiana\u003c\/i\u003e, were adapted for television.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 581\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47245845627129,"sku":"9781504049290","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OUlQMmliUzZraWRMSjVPb1JxWWVHZz09.webp?v=1768610119","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-dreaming-suburb-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}