{"product_id":"the-shallow-seas","title":"The Shallow Seas","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Vol.2 of The Straits Quartet, Charlotte Macleod is nineteen, pregnant, and alone in 1842. She is fleeing a scandalous liaison with her married Chinese lover, a liaison which would bring ruin on him, herself, and her brother, Robert, the police chief of Singapore. When Tigran Manouk, forty, and the richest merchant in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, asks for her hand in marriage, the choice is no choice. Through loss and pain, Charlotte will find a way to make a life with a man she does not love in a town she does not understand. Until she returns to Singapore, to the town where the man she loves waits for her, to face the hardest decision of her life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDawn Farnham\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Red Thread\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Shallow Seas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hills of Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe English Concubine\u003c\/em\u003e (which comprise The Straits Quartet, a bestselling series of historical romance set in 19th-century Singapore), \u003cem\u003eA Crowd of Twisted Things\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel set in 1950 Singapore, as well as numerous short stories, plays and children’s books. A former longterm resident of Singapore, Dawn now calls Perth, Australia, home. Learn more about Dawn at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnfarnham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.dawnfarnham.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123442135153,"sku":"9789814423601","price":18.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/The_Straits_Quartet_The_Shallow_Seas_by_Dawn_Farnham_00.jpg?v=1602768841","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-shallow-seas","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}