{"product_id":"9780316300407","title":"Early One Morning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo strangers save a child in Rome during WWII-a split-second decision that will have powerful reverberations for decades to come.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1943, one young woman, Chiara Ravello,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis about to flee occupied Rome for the safety\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eof her grandparents' house in the hills. Another\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehas been herded onto a truck with her husband and their children, and will shortly be driven off\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003einto the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn that brief moment, before she has time to think about what she is doing, Chiara makes a decision that changes her life forever. Consumed already by thoughts of the hazardous journey that looms ahead and the sister who needs her constant care, Chiara now finds herself responsible, suddenly, for a child-a child with no papers who refuses to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree decades later, Chiara lives alone in Rome, an elegant, self-contained, self-possessed woman to all appearances quite content with a life that revolves around work, friends, music, and the theater. But always in the background is the shadow of Daniele, the boy from the truck, whose absence and the havoc he wreaked on her world haunt her every moment. For so long she succeeds in suppressing the painful memories and keeping her heartache at bay, but when she receives a call from a teenage girl with a surprising link to Daniele, Chiara knows that it is time for her to face up to her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspenseful, inspiring, and gorgeously told, this is an epic novel of love, loss, and war's ripple effects through the years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019904827632,"sku":"9780316300407","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780316300407_p0.jpg?v=1769889606","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780316300407","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}