{"product_id":"a-place-to-hide-paperback-2","title":"A Place to Hide - 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\u003eRonald H. Balson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the National Jewish Book Award, a novel of heroism and resistance during World War II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheodore \"Teddy\" Hartigan is the scion of a wealthy Washington, D.C. family who place him into a comfortable job at the State Department and a placid diplomat's career. In 1938, as Hitler's inexorable rise continues, Teddy is re-assigned to the US Consulate in Amsterdam to replace fleeing staff. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTeddy's job is to process visa applications, and by 1939, refugees from Nazi-conquered Poland, Austria, and other countries are desperate to secure safe passage to America. As Hitler sweeps through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Holland, the screws tighten and law after virulent law is passed to threaten the lives, indeed the very existence of the Jewish people. When Teddy and his girlfriend Sara are introduced to an orphaned young girl named Katy, who has been abandoned on the grounds of a nursery school, they agree to adopt her. Teddy comes to realize that he holds the key to saving lives, whether five, fifty, or five hundred--and makes the dangerous and selfless decision to join with underground groups and use his position at the Consulate to rescue those with no other avenue of escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerful and dramatic, National Jewish Book Award winner Ronald H. Balson's \u003ci\u003eA Place to Hide\u003c\/i\u003e explores the deeply-moving actions of an ordinary man who resolves, under perilous circumstances, to make a difference.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRONALD H. BALSON is an attorney, professor, and writer. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Girl From Berlin \u003c\/i\u003ewon the National Jewish Book Award and was the Illinois Reading Council's adult fiction selection for the \u003ci\u003eIllinois Reads \u003c\/i\u003eprogram. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eEli's Promise\u003c\/i\u003e, a Target Book Club selection, \u003ci\u003eAn Affair of Spies, Defending Britta Stein, Karolina's Twins, The Trust, Saving Sophie, \u003c\/i\u003eand the international bestseller, \u003ci\u003e Once We Were Brothers. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266591899897,"sku":"9781250397157","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mFU6uVo6Yh9781250397157.webp?v=1768852148","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-place-to-hide-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}