{"product_id":"9781760990268","title":"Only Birds Above","description":"Author: Jones, Portland\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781760990268\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Fremantle Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 216 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar doesn't happen just to the soldier: its effects and after-effects are felt down the generations. \u003ci\u003eOnly Birds Above\u003c\/i\u003e by Portland Jones spans two wars and two generations, looking at the lasting impacts of war on the lives it touches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of Arthur Watkins, blacksmith, who leaves his beloved young wife Helen to serve with the 10th Light Horse Regiment in the Middle East in World War I. He returns without his horse, a man forever changed by what he has seen and suffered. Years later, Arthur's children, Ruth and Tom, are still feeling the effects of the first war when Tom is sent by his father to work in Sumatra. Tom is there in 1942 when the Japanese invade and is taken prisoner. This is the story of two wars that divide and unite a father and son, and all the years that lie in between.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48203393859742,"sku":"UBD-9781760990268","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781760990268.jpg?v=1787833824","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781760990268","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}