{"product_id":"2940169436785","title":"I Am Forbidden: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn  1939, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the  Romanian Iron Guard. He is taken in by a Gentile maid, who raises him as  her own son. Five years later, Josef rescues a young girl, Mila, whose  parents are killed in the wake of Nazi deportations. Josef helps Mila  find safety with Zalman Stern, a leader in the Satmar community, in  whose home Mila is raised as a sister to Zalman's daughter, Atara. The  two girls form a fierce bond, but as they mature, Atara feels trapped by  the restraints of Jewish fundamentalism, while Mila embraces her faith  and her role as a respected young woman in her community. When Josef  returns and chooses Mila to be his bride, she eagerly strives to be an  ideal wife, but a desperate choice after ten years of childless marriage  threatens to separate her from everything-and everyone-she cherishes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully crafted, emotionally gripping story of what happens when unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of tradition collide, \u003ci\u003eI Am Forbidden\u003c\/i\u003e announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new voice and opens a startling window on a world long closed to most of us, until now.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123137331440,"sku":"2940169436785","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169436785_p0.jpg?v=1763682679","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169436785","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}