{"product_id":"the-needle-room-9781350605060","title":"The Needle Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHit's no the ayebidin damnation A'm wirried \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eaboot. Hit's the needle. Pittin hit intae ma \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eairm. A micht be needin a haund tae dae hit.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLanark, June 1934. Despite her brutal upbringing, Rebecca McCrea has always believed in doing what's right. Now everything is going wrong. As housekeeper of Castlepark, home of the wealthy Galbraith family, Rebecca\u003cbr\u003ehas learned to manage the whims of her employers. She cooks, cleans and tries to make peace between matriarch Jessie and her bitterly estranged son, Duncan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Clydesdale is gripped by a vicious heatwave and Jessie's health suddenly declines, terrible secrets erupt - and even Rebecca has something to hide. The bleak future she's worked so hard to escape is suddenly on the doorstep, and she must make an unthinkable choice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with Braw Clan's tour of Clydesdale in September 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Travers \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning playwright based in Lanark, Scotland. He is a founding member of Braw Clan, the Scots Language Theatre Company. His play \u003ci\u003eSecret Wrapped in Lead\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by Dorothy Wordsworth's visit to Leadhills in South Lanarkshire in 1803, was Braw Clan's first professional production and toured venues throughout Clydesdale in July 2023. His award-winning play \u003ci\u003eScarfed for Life \u003c\/i\u003eis studied in all Glasgow secondary schools and his play \u003ci\u003eThe Kids Are Alt Right\u003c\/i\u003e about teenagers becoming radicalised online was launched as a national secondary schools' resource by the Scottish Government and Education Scotland in autumn 2023. Martin's punk play, written for the WAC Ensemble (Scotland's first professionally supported Care Experienced theatre group) won the Writer's Guild Award for Best Play for Young Audiences in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690635395346,"sku":"9781350605060","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41202820-2f23-4f5f-81de-3ad21991adf9.jpg?v=1761742445","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-needle-room-9781350605060","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}