{"product_id":"mr-chens-emporium-deborah-obrien-9781742755557","title":"Mr Chen's Emporium","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerfect for book clubs, Mr Chen's Emporium is an enchanting historical love story, as East meets West in a sleepy NSW gold rush town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for book clubs, Mr Chen's Emporium is an enchanting historical love story, as East meets West in a sleepy NSW gold rush town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1872, seventeen-year-old Amy Duncan arrives in the Gold Rush town of Millbrooke, having spent the coach journey daydreaming about glittering pavilions and gilded steeples. What she finds is a dusty main street lined with ramshackle buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat is until she walks through the doors of Mr Chen's Emporium, a veritable Aladdin's cave, and her life changes forever. Though banned from the store by her dour clergyman father, Amy is entranced by its handsome owner, Charles Chen . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn present-day Millbrooke, recently widowed artist Angie Wallace has rented the Old Manse where Amy once lived. When her landlord produces an antique trunk containing Amy's intriguingly diverse keepsakes - both Oriental and European - Angie resolves to learn more about this mysterious girl from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it's not long before the lives of two very different women, born a century apart, become connected in the most poignant and timeless ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeborah O'Brien's fiction debut is a mesmerising story of forbidden love and following one's heart . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A real charmer and a fine debut.' - Deborah Rodriguez, author of The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deborah O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43174907019507,"sku":"9781742755557","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781742755557.jpg?v=1662068696","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/mr-chens-emporium-deborah-obrien-9781742755557","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}