{"product_id":"9781474624039-the-bear-boy","title":"The Bear Boy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mischievous story inspired by the real-life Christopher Robin by one of the most distinctive voices in American literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sparky, mischievous, witty, dazzlingly clever' \u003c\/b\u003eAli Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A cause for celebration. Here we have a heroine to love, a story we can't let go of'\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt had always been my habit-- privately I felt it to be an ecstasy-- to enter, as into a mysterious vault, any public library.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1930s New York is filling with Europe's ousted dreamers, turned overnight into refugees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRose Meadows, book-loving and orphaned at eighteen, takes a job as assistant to the eccentric Professor Mitwisser. Cast out from Berlin's elite, the Mitwisser family's household is chaotic and Rosie's fate there hangs on the arrival of the Mitwissers' mysterious benefactor, James A'Bair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by the real Christopher Robin, James is the Bear Boy, the son of a famous children's author. Running from his own fame, James was boy adored by the world but has grown into a bitter man. It falls to Rosie to help them all resist James's reckless orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450629927286,"sku":"9781474624039","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33677826.jpg?v=1760453619","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474624039-the-bear-boy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}