{"product_id":"9780733323973_great-australian-bushfire-stories","title":"Great Australian Bushfire Stories","description":"\u003cbr\u003e 'the biggest cleared area was my vegetable patch ... I ran and lay down and made a little tent over myself. I thought it would preserve the last of the oxygen. Under the blanket I could hear explosions - the gas bottles from the houses further up, and I could just imagine all my neighbours dead up the road. the wind was roaring, the trees cracking: an awful lot of noise ... I thought I wasn't going to survive.' Peter Luke, Gaffneys Creek, Victoria 'the sky got darker again ... I started to think about the next day's newspaper headlines: \"Stupid thirty-eight-weeks pregnant woman drives into fire with toddler.\"' Sonia Stanton, Canberra 'I looked down into where the houses were totally surrounded by a sea of flame and thought, well, that's it, she's all over. Everybody will be killed down there.' John Hyles, Namadgi Ranges GREAt AUStRALIAN BUSHFIRE StORIES is a collection of remarkable tales from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire. Farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers share with ABC journalist Ian Mannix their experiences of fires: preparing for them, fighting them, and the heartbreak task of mopping up when even their best efforts failed. Some stories are funny, some tragic, many courageous, but all are a testimony to the ingenuity and grit of human beings as they fight to save their homes, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.","brand":"Ian Mannix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896675094677,"sku":"9780733323973","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780733323973_83915d47-3b9b-49ca-9595-7efc8f8ded9c.jpg?v=1776888177","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780733323973_great-australian-bushfire-stories","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}