{"product_id":"9780307908841","title":"A Boy in Winter: A Novel","description":"Early on a grey November morning in 1941, only weeks after the German invasion, a small Ukrainian town is overrun by the SS. This new novel from the award-winning author of the Booker Prize short-listed \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Room\u003c\/i\u003e tells of the three days that follow and the lives that are overturned in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenned in with his fellow Jews, under threat of deportation, Ephraim anxiously awaits word of his two sons, missing since daybreak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCome in search of her lover, to fetch him home again, away from the invaders, Yasia must confront new and harsh truths about those closest to her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere to avoid a war he considers criminal, German engineer Otto Pohl is faced with an even greater crime unfolding behind the lines, and no one but himself to turn to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd in the midst of it all is Yankel, a boy determined to survive this. But to do so, he must throw in his lot with strangers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs their stories mesh, each of Rachel Seiffert’s characters comes to know the compromises demanded by survival, the oppressive power of fear, and the possibility of courage in the face of terror.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRich with a rare compassion and emotional depth, \u003ci\u003eA Boy in Winter \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of hope when all is lost and of mercy when the times have none.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115429937392,"sku":"9780307908841","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307908841_p0.jpg?v=1763673441","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307908841","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}