{"product_id":"a-master-plan-for-rescue-9780399185021","title":"A Master Plan for Rescue","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2015 by \u003ci\u003ethe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMary: Mrs. A. Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e, a magical novel about the surprising acts we are capable of in the name of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in 1942 New York and Berlin, \u003ci\u003eA Master Plan for Rescue \u003c\/i\u003eis an enchanting novel about the life-giving powers of storytelling, and the heroism that can be inspired by love. In essence, it is two love stories. It is the story of a child who worships his parents, then loses his father to an accident and his mother to her resulting grief. And it is the story of a young man who stumbles into the romance of his life, then watches her decline, forever changing the arc of his future. Each is propelled by the belief that if he acts heroically enough, it will restore some part of what--or whom--he has lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when they meet, this boy and this man, their combined grief and magical thinking will allow them to dream the impossible. Sharing stories of the people they have lost, they are inspired to join forces and act in their memory. To do something so memorable that it might actually bring their loved ones back--even if only in spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Master Plan for Rescue \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautiful tale, propelled by history and imagination, that suggests people's impact upon the world doesn't necessarily end with their lives, and that, to some degree, we are the sum of the stories we tell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJanis Cooke Newman is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eMary: Mrs. A. Lincoln, \u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Word for Snow. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the founder of the Lit Camp writers conference.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50408774336786,"sku":"9780399185021","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_884fe5e4-0eee-44a6-91fa-7d2c315e31fe.jpg?v=1729276216","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-master-plan-for-rescue-9780399185021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}