{"product_id":"9781590178836","title":"Bel Ria: Dog of War","description":"Sheila Burnford, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Journey\u003c\/i\u003e,  offers the spellbinding tale of a small dog caught up in the Second  World War, and of the extraordinary life-transforming attachments he  forms with the people he encounters in the course of a perilous passage  from occupied France to besieged England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNameless, Burnford’s  hero first turns up as a performing dog, a poodle mix earning his keep  as part of a gypsy caravan that is desperately fleeing the Nazi advance.  Taken on ship by the Royal Navy, he is given the name of Ria and serves  as the scruffy mascot to a boatload of sailors. Marooned in England in  the midst of the Blitz, Ria rescues an old woman from the rubble of her  bombed house, and finds himself unexpectedly transformed into Bel, the  coiffed and pampered companion of her old age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBel Ria\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting story about a compellingly real, completely believable dog. Readers of all sorts and ages will find in \u003ci\u003eBel Ria\u003c\/i\u003e a companion to take to heart.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176017215728,"sku":"9781590178836","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590178836_p0.jpg?v=1763806776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590178836","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}