{"product_id":"1567620","title":"The Golden Age by Joan London","description":"This is a story of resilience, the irrepressible, enduring nature of love, and the fragility of life. From one of Australia's most loved novelists. He felt like a pirate landing on an island of little maimed animals. A great wave had swept them up and dumped them here. All of them, like him, stranded, wanting to go home. It is 1954 and thirteen-year-old Frank Gold, refugee from wartime Hungary, is learning to walk again after contracting polio in Australia. At the Golden Age Children's Polio Convalescent Hospital in Perth, he sees Elsa, a fellow-patient, and they form a forbidden, passionate bond. This 2014 Random House Australia Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e good condition\u003c\/b\u003e. Some foxing to page edges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781741666441 SKU: 1567620 \u003ci\u003eNote: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48528313843989,"sku":"1567620","price":13.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1567620.jpg?v=1725879512","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.co.nz\/products\/1567620","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}