{"product_id":"9781631521706","title":"Jumping Over Shadows: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe true story of a German-Jewish love that overcame the burdens of the past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the 2017 Book of the Year Award by the Chicago Writers Association \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A book that is hard to put down.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book confirms Annette Gendler as an indispensable Jewish voice for our time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Yossi Klein Halevi, author of \u003ci\u003eLike Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The ghosts of the past haunt a woman’s search for herself in this thoughtful, poignant memoir about the transformative power of love and faith.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Hillary Jordan, author of \u003ci\u003eMudbound\u003c\/i\u003e , now a Netflix movie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An exquisitely written conversion story which expounds upon personal and collective identity.”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A compelling, gracefully written memoir about the impact of the past on the present.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael Steinberg, author of \u003ci\u003eStill Pitching\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory was repeating itself when Annette fell in love with Harry, a Jewish man, the son of Holocaust survivors, in Germany in 1985. Her Great-Aunt Resi had been married to a Jew in Czechoslovakia before World War II―a marriage that, while happy, put the entire family in mortal danger once the Nazis took over their hometown in 1938. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnette and Harry’s love, meanwhile, was the ultimate nightmare for Harry’s family. Not only was their son considering marrying a non-Jew, but a German. Weighed down by the burdens of their family histories, Annette and Harry kept their relationship secret for three years, until they could forge a path into the future and create a new life in Chicago. Annette found a spiritual home in Judaism―a choice that paved the way toward acceptance by Harry’s family, and redemption for some of the wounds of her own family’s past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048149041392,"sku":"9781631521706","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781631521706_p0.jpg?v=1763672489","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781631521706","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}