{"product_id":"the-wish-child-paperback","title":"The Wish Child - 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\u003eCatherine Chidgey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis internationally bestselling historical novel that \u003cb\u003e\"fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Book Thief\u003c\/i\u003e will enjoy\" \u003c\/b\u003efollows two children and a mysterious narrator as they navigate the falsehoods and wreckage of WWII Germany \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGermany, 1939. As Germany's hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, two children, Sieglinde and Erich, find temporary refuge in an abandoned theater amid the rubble of Berlin. Outside, white bedsheets hang from windows; all over the city, people are talking of surrender. The days Sieglinde and Erich spend together will shape the rest of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWatching over them is the wish child, the enigmatic narrator of their story. He sees what they see, he feels what they feel, yet his is a voice that comes from deep inside the ruins of a nation's dream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Awards \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A remarkable book with a stunningly original twist.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Chidgey\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eIn a Fishbone Church\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Betty Trask Prize, Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and Pacific Region), and was long-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Strength of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) called her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a highly original read, as beautiful as it is terrifying.\" Chidgey is the recipient of the 2017 Janet Frame Fiction Prize, and lives in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255761682681,"sku":"9781640092679","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3tYpk6ZD9t9781640092679.webp?v=1768725873","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-wish-child-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}