{"product_id":"9781472267986","title":"While Paris Slept","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of EARLY ONE MORNING and THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, Headline Review's Lead Launch for 2021 is a gripping, moving debut novel of courage, survival and the endurance of hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a platform in occupied Paris, a mother whispers goodbye.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the end.\u003cbr\u003eBut also the beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful. Powerful. Unforgettable. A stunning portrait of the brutality of war and the tenacity of love. In the tradition of Virginia Baily's Early One Morning and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSanta Cruz 1953. Jean-Luc thought he had left it all behind. The scar on his face a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi occupation. Now, he has a new life in California, a family. He never expected the past to come knocking on his door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis 1944. A young woman's future is torn away in a heartbeat. Herded on to a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left now is hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a darkened platform two destinies become entangled. Their choice will change the future in ways neither could have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning on an ordinary day and ending on an extraordinary one, WHILE PARIS SLEPT is an unforgettable read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Ruth+Druart\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eRuth Druart\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ruth Druart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378845139107,"sku":"9781472267986","price":355.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781472267986_b2ecd545-5b19-4594-8521-51b48a1b37ff.jpg?v=1776543974","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781472267986","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}