{"title":"Jackie Fraser","description":"Jackie Fraser is a freelance editor and writer. She's worked for AA Publishing, Watkins, the Good Food Guide, and various self-published writers of fiction, travel and food guides, and self-help books. She reads a lot (no, really), in multiple genres, and is fascinated by the Bronze Age. She likes vintage clothes, antique fairs, and photography. She likes cats.","products":[{"product_id":"the-bookshop-of-second-chances-paperback","title":"The Bookshop of Second Chances - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman desperate to turn a new page heads to the Scottish coast and finds herself locked in a battle of wills with an infuriatingly aloof bookseller in this utterly heartwarming debut, perfect for readers of \u003ci\u003eEvvie Drake Starts Over\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Humor and charm abound. . . . 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