{"product_id":"9781990187025","title":"The Secret of the Spring","description":"\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\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\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\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\u003eBlurring 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","brand":"Moose House Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48592861757681,"sku":"9781990187025","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781990187025_p0.jpg?v=1787115597","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781990187025","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}