{"product_id":"the-vintners-letters-by-peter-mcara-1","title":"THE VINTNER'S LETTERS by Peter McAra","description":"\u003cp\u003eSon of an Irish father and a French mother, Maurice George O'Shea was a famous Australian winemaker. Educated in France, he was also a man of passion, a romantic. In the cultured and elegant Miss Marcia Fuller, an accomplished pianist, he found his enduring sweetheart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheirs would be a many–faceted and often stormy romance, confronted by religious differences and tested by life's vicissitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut their greatest challenge lay in Maurice's other consuming passion – making fine wines. He could not tear himself away from his beloved Hunter Valley vineyard. Marcia, every inch a city girl, was appalled by the primitive living conditions of the struggling vigneron.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vintner's Letters is based on their true story as recounted by Simone Bryce, their daughter, and on the letters written by Maurice to Marcia during their courtship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44108318539850,"sku":"6954bf","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6954bf.jpg?v=1787711547","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-vintners-letters-by-peter-mcara-1","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}