{"product_id":"9780393246063","title":"The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An appealing and inventive novel…original and cathartic.\"—Dana Kennedy, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On February 16, 1944, Anne Frank recorded in her diary that Peter, whom she at first disliked but eventually came to love, had confided in her that if he got out alive, he would reinvent himself entirely. This is the story of what might have happened if the boy in hiding survived to become a man.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Peter arrives in America, the land of self-creation; he flourishes in business, marries, and raises a family. He thrives in the present, plans for the future, and has no past. But when \u003cem\u003eThe Diary of a Young Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is published to worldwide acclaim and gives rise to bitter infighting, he realizes the cost of forgetting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Based on extensive research of Peter van Pels and the strange and disturbing life Anne Frank's diary took on after her death, this is a novel about the memory of death, the death of memory, and the inescapability of the past. Reading group guide included.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077753127152,"sku":"9780393246063","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393246063_p0.jpg?v=1769893010","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393246063","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}