{"product_id":"9780670919475","title":"The German Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA moving, inter-war family saga \u003ci\u003eThe German Boy\u003c\/i\u003e from Patricia Wastvedt, the Orange Prize Longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe River.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1947, Elisabeth Mander's German nephew comes to stay: Stefan Landau, her dead sister's teenage son, whom she hates and loves before she's even set eyes on him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned by the war and traumatised by the last, vicious battles of the Hitler Youth, Stefan brings with him to England only a few meagre possessions. Among them a portrait of a girl with long copper hair by a young painter called Michael Ross - and with it the memory, both painful\u003cbr\u003eand precious, of her life and that time between the wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning decades and generations, \u003ci\u003eThe German Boy \u003c\/i\u003etells the moving story of two families entangled by love and friendship, divided by prejudice and war, and of a brief encounter between a woman and a man that touched each of their lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An absorbing literary saga ... a sophisticated and subtly woven story' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Hypnotic, atmospheric and exquisitely written. A novel I won't forget' Lucinda Riley, author of \u003ci\u003eHothouse Flower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A love story at its centre which will make your heart ache' Julia Green, author of \u003ci\u003eBlue Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A heart-rending story of epic proportions, thrilling and utterly captivating. I am haunted by it still' Suzannah Dunn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Confession of Katherine Howard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1954, Patricia Wastvedt grew up in Blackheath, south London, and spent her summers in Kent. She has a degree in Creative Arts and an MA in Creative Writing, and her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe River\u003c\/i\u003e, written in her late forties, was long-listed for the Orange Prize. She teaches at Bath Spa University, and is also a manuscript editor. She lives and writes in a cottage in Somerset.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124932919536,"sku":"9780670919475","price":9.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780670919475_p0.jpg?v=1763611266","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780670919475","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}