{"product_id":"ninettes-war-a-jewish-story-of-survival-in-1940s-france-9781639369614","title":"Ninette's War: A Jewish Story of Survival in 1940s France","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe moving, poignant true story of a young Jewish girl coming of age in France during World War II, as the Holocaust approaches.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the heart-wrenching true story of a young Jewish girl coming of age in France during World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ninette Dreyfus belonged to one of the most influential Jewish families in Paris--second only to the Rothschilds--her parents' social circle ranging from Einstein to Colette. But all that privilege counted for nothing when the Nazis arrived; the family was high up on the list of Philippe Petain's targets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by diary entries and by conversations the author had with Ninette before she died, \u003ci\u003eNinette's War\u003c\/i\u003e narrates the family's fall from grace alongside the creeping understanding of the Vichy government's collaboration with the Nazis. Through Ninette's eyes we witness how it all unfolded: from the anti-Semitism in the playground--sometimes from her own teachers--to Ninette's first crush under a false identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Woven into the political backdrop of a nation turning inward on itself, this is the tale of a life once filled with riches becoming rootless, where friends were left behind and politicians legislated their own people out of existence--and to their deaths--culminating in what we now know as the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Jay\u003c\/b\u003e is a former managing editor at the London \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of one previous book published in Britain, \u003ci\u003eFacing Fearful Odds: My Father's Story of Captivity, Escape and Resistance 1940-1945\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eNinette's War\u003c\/i\u003e is his second book. John lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580332441874,"sku":"9781639369614","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9eb99a22-3ffc-4479-b5f6-c0b9579449ef.jpg?v=1756216591","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ninettes-war-a-jewish-story-of-survival-in-1940s-france-9781639369614","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}