{"product_id":"the-keeper-of-stories-9798212169899","title":"The Keeper of Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA charming, uplifting debut novel--full of humor and depth--that has taken readers around the world by surprise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone has a story to tell. But does Janice have the power to unlock her own?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe can't recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard as she cleaned a sink? Before long (as she dusted a sitting room or defrosted a fridge) she noticed people were telling her their stories. Perhaps they had always done so, but now it is different, now the stories are reaching out to her and she gathers them to her ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCleaner Janice knows that it is in people's stories that you really get to know them. From recently widowed Fiona and her son Adam to opera-singing Geordie, the quiet bus driver Euan, and the pretentious Mrs. \"YeahYeahYeah\" and her fox terrier, Decius, Janice has a unique insight into the community around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Janice starts cleaning for Mrs. B--a shrewd and prickly woman in her nineties--she finally meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janice is clear: she is the keeper of stories, she doesn't have a story to tell. At least, not one she can share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. B is no fool and knows there is more to Janice than meets the eye. What is she hiding? After all, doesn't everyone have a story to tell?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePage, Sally:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAfter studying history at university, \u003cstrong\u003eSally Page\u003c\/strong\u003e moved to London to work in advertising. In her spare time she studied floristry at night school and eventually opened her own flower shop. Sally came to appreciate that flower shops offer a unique window into people's stories and she began to photograph and write about this floral life in a series of nonfiction books. Later, Sally continued her interest in writing when she founded her fountain pen company, Plooms.co.uk. \u003c\/p\u003eIn her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Keeper of Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, Sally combines her love of history and writing with her abiding interest in the stories people have to tell. Sally now lives in Dorset. Her eldest daughter, Alex, is studying to be a doctor and her youngest daughter is the author Libby Page.","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552689586450,"sku":"9798212169899","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c2a33f7d-6dd9-41c7-a42d-2f9d4fdc431b.jpg?v=1754898408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-keeper-of-stories-9798212169899","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}