{"product_id":"9781429960519","title":"The Far Side of the Sky: A Novel of Love and Survival in War-Torn Shanghai","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovember 9, 1938—\u003ci\u003eKristallnacht\u003c\/i\u003e—the Nazis unleash a night of terror for Jews all across Germany. Meanwhile, the Japanese Imperial Army rampages through China and tightens its stranglehold on Shanghai, a city that becomes the last haven for thousands of desperate European Jews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Franz Adler, a renowned surgeon, is swept up in the wave of anti-Semitic violence and flees to Shanghai with his daughter. At a refugee hospital, Franz meets an enigmatic nurse, Soon Yi \"Sunny\" Mah. The chemistry between them is intense and immediate, but Sunny's life is shattered when a drunken Japanese sailor murders her father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe danger escalates for Shanghai's Jews as the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Facing starvation and disease, Franz struggles to keep the refugee hospital open and protect his family from a terrible fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Far Side of the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on a short but extraordinary period of Chinese, Japanese, and Jewish history when cultures converged and heroic sacrifices were part of the everyday quest for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154119672048,"sku":"9781429960519","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429960519_p0.jpg?v=1769902328","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429960519","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}