{"product_id":"9781455571444","title":"We Were Strangers Once","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Carter's warm and beautiful prose brings us love, tragedy, mystery and hope in a moving celebration of America and the people who have come to it.\"—Amy Bloom, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLucky Us\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor fans of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Nightingale \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrooklyn \u003ci\u003ecomes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e an exquisite and unforgettable novel about friendship, love, and redemption in a circle of immigrants who flee Europe for 1930s-era New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of World War II Egon Schneider—a gallant and successful Jewish doctor, son of two world-famous naturalists—escapes Germany to an uncertain future across the sea. Settling into the unfamiliar rhythms of upper Manhattan, he finds solace among a tight-knit group of fellow immigrants, tenacious men and women drawn together as much by their differences as by their memories of the world they left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey each suffer degradations and triumphs large and small: Egon's terminally acerbic lifelong friend, bestselling author Meyer Leavitt, now wears a sandwich board on a New York street corner; Catrina Harty, the headstrong daughter of a dirt-poor Irish trolley driver, survives heartbreak and loss to forge an unlikely alliance; and Egon himself is forced to abandon his thriving medical practice to become the \"Cheese Man\" at a Washington Heights grocery. But their spirits remain unbroken, and when their little community is faced with an existential threat, these strangers rise up together in hopes of creating a permanent home. With her uncanny ability to create indelible characters in unforgettable circumstances, bestselling author Betsy Carter has crafted a gorgeous novel that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt adrift and longed for home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027690111216,"sku":"9781455571444","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781455571444_p0.jpg?v=1769909128","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781455571444","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}