{"product_id":"ashes-a-ww2-historical-fiction-inspired-by-true-events-a-story-of-friendship-war-and-courage-9780310111986","title":"Ashes: A Ww2 Historical Fiction Inspired by True Events. a Story of Friendship, War and Courage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 'FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR' AT CRT 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deeply touching novel about two young women whose differences, which once united them, will tear them apart forever, during Hitler's Nazi occupation of Belgium and France. Based on true events\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eAll The Light We Cannot See\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTattooist of Auschwitz. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelgium, July 1939: \u003c\/strong\u003eSimone Lyon is the daughter of a Belgium national hero, the famous General Joseph Lyon. Her best friend Hava Daniels, is the eldest daughter of a devout Jewish family. Despite growing up in different worlds, they are inseparable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when, in the spring of 1940, Nazi planes and tanks begin bombing Brussels, their resilience and strength are tested. Hava and Simone find themselves caught in the advancing onslaught and are forced to flee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an emotionally-charged race for survival, even the most harrowing horrors cannot break their bonds of love and friendship. The two teenage girls, will see their innocence fall, against the ugly backdrop of a war dictating that theirs was a friendship that should never have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Vinck, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eChristopher de Vinck is a teacher and the author of eleven books and numerous articles and essays for publications such as the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/em\u003e. He delivers speeches on faith, disabilities, fatherhood, and writing, and has been invited to speak at the Vatican. He is the father of three and lives in New Jersey with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis essays on everyday life have been published in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, USA Today, Reader's Digest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e, T\u003cem\u003ehe Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe National Catholic Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e, and used in high school and college textbooks as samples of good writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe has won two Christopher Awards, which celebrates authors whose work looks at the 'highest values of the human spirit'. His essays have been selected three times for 'Best Column' by the National Catholic Press Association. His essay \u003cem\u003eThe Power of the Powerless\u003c\/em\u003e praised by, among many others President Ronald Reagan, was selected by \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the ten 'Best Biographies and\/or Autobiographies' of this past century, which also included the works of C.S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, and Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Inspire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874287882514,"sku":"9780310111986","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_97e438fb-c6f6-48b6-bc1b-005e4216fb96.jpg?v=1737988798","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ashes-a-ww2-historical-fiction-inspired-by-true-events-a-story-of-friendship-war-and-courage-9780310111986","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}