{"product_id":"9780966934915","title":"A Thousand Threads","description":"\"For all of us who are children of the age of Jewish displacement, migration and landing in new\u003cp\u003esettings, this trove of over 200 letters is an invaluable document of social history. Fighting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eloneliness and despondency, an intelligent and sensitive young Jew is at the center of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efascinating correspondence primarily with his sister whose reflections and insightful, encouraging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresponses turn these letters into an 'epistolary novel.' Viewed through the lens of the Holocaust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 years later, the central characters win our admiration for their rootedness in tradition and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir resourcefulness. They are true Jewish survivors of painful relocation and pioneers in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebuilding a new life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMax Ticktin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor of Jewish Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Remembrance Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49878907584752,"sku":"9780966934915","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780966934915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}