{"product_id":"9781447269908","title":"The Diary of Lena Mukhina: A Girl's Life in the Siege of Leningrad","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova - the boy she liked - liked her. Like a good Soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning German, the language of Russia's Nazi ally. And she was keeping a diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreams. Then, on 22 June 1941, Hitler broke his pact with Stalin and declared war on the Soviet Union.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll too soon, Leningrad was besieged and life became a living hell. Lena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving and its citizens were dying in their hundreds of thousands. From day to dreadful day, Lena records her experiences: the desperate hunt for food, the bitter cold of the Russian winter and the cruel deaths of those she loved.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA truly remarkable account of this most terrible era in modern history, \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of Lena Mukhina\u003c\/i\u003e is the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman struggling simply to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155248070896,"sku":"9781447269908","price":9.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781447269908_p0.jpg?v=1763824299","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781447269908","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}