{"product_id":"9781770905191","title":"The Colonial Hotel: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis devastating tale of love and war is “in Graham Greene territory . . . A solid novel on morality in our not-quite-postcolonial world” (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, Toronto).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A doctor and a nurse, Paris and Helen, are doing humanitarian work in a nation on the brink of civil war. They have also fallen in love with each other—and Helen is pregnant with their child.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Then, a confrontation breaks out and they are swept up by rebel forces and separated. One is imprisoned while the other escapes. In \u003ci\u003eThe Colonial Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e—which recasts a classic story of ancient Greece into a modern setting—we learn of their fates, in a brutally powerful story of family, forgiveness, and identity.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An exploration of love and grief, the power of storytelling, the pains of parenthood and uncomfortable truths . . . Bennett has cleverly and sensitively described the many types of love tested by war . . . Rewarding and intensely moving . . . Devastatingly beautiful.” —\u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184351658224,"sku":"9781770905191","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770905191_p0.jpg?v=1769890645","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770905191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}