{"product_id":"whirligig-keeping-the-promise-9780995769304","title":"Whirligig: Keeping the Promise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 RUBERY INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel from multi-award winning short-story writer Richard Buxton, \u003cem\u003eWhirligig\u003c\/em\u003e is at once an outsider's odyssey through the battle for Tennessee, a touching story of impossible love, and a portrait of America at war with itself. Self-interest and conflict, betrayal and passion, all fuse into a fateful climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShire leaves his home and his life in Victorian England for the sake of a childhood promise, a promise that will pull him into the bleeding heart of the American Civil War and through the bloody battlefields of the West, where he will discover a second home for his loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClara believes she has escaped from a predictable future of obligation and privilege, but her new life in the Appalachian Hills of Tennessee is decaying around her. In the mansion of Comrie, long hidden secrets are being slowly exhumed by a war that comes ever closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Buxton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ocoee Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995769304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuxton, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard lives with his family in the South Downs, Sussex, England. He completed an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University in 2014. He has an abiding relationship with America, having studied at Syracuse University, New York State, in the late eighties. His short stories have won the Exeter Story Prize, the Bedford International Writing Competition and the Nivalis Short Story Award. Whirligig is his first novel and the opening book of Shire's Union trilogy. Current projects include the second book, The Copper Road, as well as preparing to publish a collection of short stories. To learn more about Richard's writing visit https: \/\/www.richardbuxton.net.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ocoee Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45271167565939,"sku":"9780995769304","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4f79e6d6-c522-41b4-a231-1cbc6075384f.jpg?v=1784724120","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/whirligig-keeping-the-promise-9780995769304","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}