{"product_id":"9781456715229","title":"While Born During WWII","description":"\u003cp\u003e         You were born in a hospital?” Hilde says as she lays down her black bread and cheese sandwich. She sits opposite me at my kitchen table.     \u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cp\u003e             Looking up from my salad, I nod. “Yes, I thought everyone by the 1940’s was born in a hospital.”     \u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cp\u003e             “Hell no.” Hilde stares at me. “In Germany I was born at home, on the couch, delivered by a midwife.”     \u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cp\u003e             Thus began the noontime conversations of an American housewife and a German cleaning lady about their contrasting lives during and after WWII.     \u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cp\u003e                  \u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cp\u003e             My mother taught me that an important word in any language is while. While one thing is happening, so is another. “While I wash dishes, Peggy, you         dry. While we are in nighttime, someone is in daylight. While one person dies, another is born.”     \u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cp\u003e         While WWII began, two little girls were born and grew up in opposing countries and living in its aftermath.     \u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cp\u003e             With this word while, we started this book of extreme contrasts, startling discoveries and sometimes striking similarities.     \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183969812720,"sku":"9781456715229","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456715229_p0.jpg?v=1763862675","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456715229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}