{"product_id":"2940170482290","title":"Paris, 7 A.M.: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Watch of Nightingales\u003c\/i\u003e imagines in a sweeping and stunning novel what happened to the poet Elizabeth Bishop during three life-changing weeks she spent in Paris amid the imminent threat of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 1937. Elizabeth Bishop, still only a young woman and not yet one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, arrives in France with her college roommates. They are in search of an escape and inspiration far from the protective world of Vassar College, where they were expected to find an impressive husband, a quiet life, and act accordingly. But the world is changing, and as they explore the City of Light, the larger threats of fascism and occupation are looming. There, they meet a community of upper-crust expatriates who not only bring them along on a life-changing adventure, but also into an underground world of rebellion that will quietly alter the course of Elizabeth¿s life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis, 7 A.M.\u003c\/i\u003e imagines 1937 amp;mdash; the only year Elizabeth, a meticulous keeper of journals, didn¿t fully chronicle amp;mdash; in vivid detail and brings us from Paris to Normandy where Elizabeth becomes involved with a group rescuing Jewish ¿orphans¿ and delivering them to convents where they will be baptized as Catholics and saved from the impending horror their parents will face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant and captivating, Liza Wieland¿s \u003ci\u003eParis, 7 A.M.\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully rendered take on the formative years of one of America¿s most celebrated amp;mdash; and mythologized amp;mdash; female poets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162599506160,"sku":"2940170482290","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170482290_p0.jpg?v=1763710683","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170482290","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}