{"product_id":"the-lady-from-spain-paperback-2","title":"The Lady from Spain - 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\u003eCharles W. Bechtel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA KNOCK ON THE DOOR No sound forewarns with more terror than does a rap on the door after midnight. Whoever knocks in a black hour never comes with good news. And when the knock is suspected, predicted - there have been rumors, weighted whispers, warnings, and there have been reports by others that at the edge of the neighborhood already some had heard such a knock - the sound enlarges, takes monstrous shape: a gargantuan specter, a protean haunt, a massive golem, a towering creature made of shadow and evil, and it knows your name. October, the seventeenth day, 1939, a quarter past the second hour, one such knock rings on a door. The people affected by that night, a night constituted by the pen in the hand of a little bureaucrat, changes everything for one family in mid-century Spain. Señora Dolores is ruined, Luna is conceived, Maria and Isabella are devastated, and the youngest, Mora, is propelled into wreckage and greed. And last affected, though not even born on that the night of ruination, is Lucia. The child is cast into an orphanage and savage life... until rescued by an American Naval man and his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWebsite: www.charlesbechtel.com\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBorn: \u003c\/b\u003e Spring Lake, North Carolina, April, 1953, fourth day, five minutes past midnight \u003ci\u003e(thus late for my parents' anniversary, which set a behavioral standard for all such future events.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducated: \u003c\/b\u003e A long while back, when colleges offered to improve human beings attending their classes, not merely dedicate themselves to making a person employable. Ahh, the good old days.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUndergraduate degree: \u003c\/b\u003e English. \u003cb\u003eMaster degree: \u003c\/b\u003e English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarriage: \u003c\/b\u003e To Manuela, the finest woman on Earth, by the accounts of many more than myself. Two daughters: Elizabeth \u003ci\u003e(Baby Beth)\u003c\/i\u003e and Manuela \u003ci\u003e(Meme), \u003c\/i\u003e who each in turn delivered into my life some ladies of inestimable worth: Sky (b. 2003) Lucy (b. 2007) and Mia (b. 2008.) Though I gave to each huge chunks of my heart, doing so increased heart size.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWork History: \u003c\/b\u003e Let's say I worked.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat I do for fun: \u003c\/b\u003eEverything. If it is not fun, I quickly stop doing it. \u003ci\u003e(see Work, above)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriting Philosophy: \u003c\/b\u003eMake sense by appealing to the senses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53742535311667,"sku":"9780692292846","price":28.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/xgGkB2EH09780692292846_14c8359a-a462-4f63-b0bf-374c96de5cf4.webp?v=1785226090","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-lady-from-spain-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}