{"product_id":"gwendys-button-box","title":"Stephen King: Gwendy's Button Box [2017] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A resonant novella set in one of King's signature locales: the small town of Castle Rock, Maine' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe small town of CASTLE ROCK, MAINE has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told...until now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: 'Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black suit coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJourney back to Castle Rock in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bazaar of Bad Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Long December.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"King, Stephen \u0026 Chizmar, Richard","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47702235349331,"sku":"XV81473672093","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":44577895678242,"sku":"9781473672093","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/king-stephen-chizmar-richard-stephen-king-gwendy-s-button-box-2017-hardback-60467534004563.jpg?v=1734587773","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/gwendys-button-box","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}