{"product_id":"leeway-cottage-9780060539061","title":"Leeway Cottage","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn April 1940, as the Nazis march into Denmark, Sydney Brant, a wealthy girl of the Dundee summer colony, marries a gifted Danish pianist, Laurus Moss. They believe they are well matched, as young lovers do, but Laurus's beloved family is in Copenhagen, hostage to what the fortunes of Hitler's war will bring. By the time the war is over, Laurus's family has played an active role in Denmark's grassroots rescue of virtually all seven thousand of the country's Jews. Meanwhile, in America, Sydney has led a group knitting for the war effort, and had a baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining the story of one long American twentieth-century marriage with one of the most stirring stories of World War II, \u003cem\u003eLeeway Cottage\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully written tour de force of a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGutcheon, Beth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBeth Gutcheon is the critically acclaimed author of the novels, \u003cem\u003eThe New Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStill Missing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDomestic Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSaying Grace\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFive Fortunes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMore Than You Know\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLeeway Cottage\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGood-bye and Amen\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the writer of several film scripts, including the Academy-Award nominee \u003cem\u003eThe Children of Theatre Street\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317792837906,"sku":"9780060539061","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c2ce85fc-5dcc-4bc1-8afd-63da86fa75e3.jpg?v=1727540543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leeway-cottage-9780060539061","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}