{"product_id":"local-customs-paperback","title":"Local Customs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAudrey Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNominated for the 2016 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNominated for the 2014 Victoria Book Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn Englishwoman's mysterious death in 19th-century West Africa haunts those left behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Letitia Landon, \"Letty\" to her friends, is an intelligent, witty, successful writer, much sought after for dinner parties and soirées in the London of the 1830s. But, still single at thirty-six, she fears ending up as a wizened crone in a dilapidated country cottage, a cat her only companion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Just as she is beginning to believe she will never marry, she meets George Maclean, home on leave from his position as the governor of Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast of West Africa. George and Letty marry quietly and set sail for Cape Coast. Eight weeks later she is dead -- not from malaria or dysentery or any of the multitude of dangers in her new home, but by her own hand. Or so it would seem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLocal Customs\u003c\/i\u003e examines, in poetic detail, a way of life that has faded into history. It was a time when religious and cultural assimilation in the British colonies gave rise to a new, strange social order. Letty speaks from beyond the grave to let the reader see the world through her eyes and explore the mystery of her death. Was she disturbed enough to kill herself, or was someone -- or something -- else involved? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudrey Thomas has published seventeen previous novels and short story collections. Her novels \u003ci\u003eIntertidal Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComing Down from Wa\u003c\/i\u003e were nominated for Governor General's Literary Awards and won B.C.'s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. In 2003, she won the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award. Audrey lives on Galiano Island, B.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.55 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47977905946763,"sku":"9781459707986","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/IcG-6UIabN9781459707986.webp?v=1783651636","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/local-customs-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}