{"product_id":"the-secret-of-the-spring-paperback","title":"The Secret of the Spring - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGarry Leeson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRebekah Wetmore\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Wetmore\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark deeds at the Spa Springs Hotel in Nova Scotia in the 1880s echo down the decades, bringing out the worst and the best in people high and low.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Leeson allows he wanted \"to have blurred the line be-tween fact and fiction\", and he's done so wonderfully. There are characters to care for living vivid lives in a wholly believable historic Annapolis Valley. The local drama and colour are set credibly against a broader and changing world. I thoroughly enjoyed this time between the lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Connolly, former host, CBC Information Morning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone who thinks Nova Scotia history is boring should read The Secret of the Spring. Sometimes touching, some-times violent, this family saga demonstrates the full spectrum of human nature. Garry Leeson brings a colourful past to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendy Elliott, Valley Journal Advertiser columnist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Secret of the Spring reveals the extraordinary secrets hidden in ordinary lives-fragile, then lost and forgotten in a generational blink of an eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Blurring fact and fiction and capturing the quirks and cadence of a vanishing rural Nova Scotia, Garry Leeson has spun an intricate tale which rings clearly and resonates long after the book's been finished. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Bienstock, Rural Delivery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47410802786482,"sku":"9781990187025","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/405c287db659dd2a763a2168cebdf545.webp?v=1778291326","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-secret-of-the-spring-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}