{"product_id":"mirror-images-paperback","title":"Mirror Images - 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\u003eMary Messina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMirror Images is an historical romantic novel set in the turbulent years of the late 1930s and early 1940s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drama begins in Mussolini's Italy where it is becoming increasingly apparent to two professional Jewish families that their Fascist leader is following Hitler in ways detrimental to Italian Jews. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the subsequent brutal murder of a young Jewish man, Nicola, for perceived subversive activities, young Dr Pietro is encouraged to emigrate with his young family to the safety of North Queensland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir tranquility in this new land is threatened, however, when Mussolini joins the Axis powers. In June 1940. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItalian Australians become enemy aliens and are randomly interned for their ethnicity and the government's fear of a Fifth Column. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough family letters, parallels are drawn between Mussolini's treatment of the Italian Jews and the Australian government's treatment of Italian Australians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMirror Images is above all a story of enduring love, of stoic determination, of perseverance and resilience in the face of injustice and adversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267436593401,"sku":"9781837944019","price":20.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/LxIU7PWnZ_9781837944019.webp?v=1768867860","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mirror-images-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}