{"product_id":"9781504031080","title":"Homeland","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this “thoughtful, deeply atmospheric novel” by the author of \u003ci\u003eWolf Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, a Polish refugee faces suspicion after a death in rural postwar England (\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e After World War II ends, soldiers are pouring back into Britain, and in 1946, the country is on the brink of the harshest winter in a hundred years. Blizzards rage and everything is in short supply: jobs, coal, food.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the Somerset wetlands, a Polish veteran named Wladyslaw Malinowski seeks work as a laborer. The soldiers of the Second Polish Corps are reluctant to leave, and many of the locals view them with uncertainty, but Malinowski manages to find employment on a farm. He also finds a potential romance in the local schoolmistress, Stella. But when murder rocks the small community, suspicion falls on the outsider.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Dark Devotion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHomeland \u003c\/i\u003eis an insightful look at how hardship and social upheaval can shape—or shatter—everyday lives, “a very fine novel indeed” (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143363444976,"sku":"9781504031080","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504031080_p0.jpg?v=1763711635","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504031080","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}