{"product_id":"before-dorothy-9780008518721","title":"Before Dorothy","description":"The greatest journey is the one you least expect…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong before Dorothy visits Oz, her aunt, Emily Gale, sets off on her own unforgettable adventure much closer to home…When news reaches Kansas that her beloved sister has tragically died, Emily Gale must become a mother overnight. Her sister's orphaned child, Dorothy, desperately needs a home.But Emily doubts her ability to fill her sister's shoes; her life on the barren Kansas prairies is no place for a child.On the unforgiving plains, Emily's courage is endlessly tested. The prolonged drought and relentless dust storms threaten to destroy everything - including her home and her marriage.Can Emily overcome her grief and let Dorothy heal her heart?From the promise of Chicago in the 1920s to the harsh beauty of the Kansas prairie during the dust bowl of the 1930s, this is a story of family, duty and one woman's journey of self-discovery.\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003eHazel Gaynor is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Memory of Violets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Came Home\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from the Savoy\u003c\/i\u003e, was an \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail Canada\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and was shortlisted for the BGE Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year. In 2017, she has published \u003ci\u003eThe Cottingley Secret \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Last Christmas in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. Hazel was selected by US Library Journal as one of 'Ten Big Breakout Authors' for 2015 and her work has been translated into several languages. Hazel lives in Ireland with her husband and two children.","brand":"Hazel Gaynor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273674682429,"sku":"9780008518721","price":29.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/x1000_e7786857-d055-4102-a811-2a844666ff7d.jpg?v=1793667825","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/before-dorothy-9780008518721","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}