{"product_id":"the-wish-child-9781640092679","title":"The Wish Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis internationally bestselling historical novel that \u003cb\u003e\"fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Book Thief\u003c\/i\u003e will enjoy\" \u003c\/b\u003efollows two children and a mysterious narrator as they navigate the falsehoods and wreckage of WWII Germany \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGermany, 1939. As Germany's hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, two children, Sieglinde and Erich, find temporary refuge in an abandoned theater amid the rubble of Berlin. Outside, white bedsheets hang from windows; all over the city, people are talking of surrender. The days Sieglinde and Erich spend together will shape the rest of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWatching over them is the wish child, the enigmatic narrator of their story. He sees what they see, he feels what they feel, yet his is a voice that comes from deep inside the ruins of a nation's dream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Awards \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A remarkable book with a stunningly original twist.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Chidgey\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eIn a Fishbone Church\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Betty Trask Prize, Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and Pacific Region), and was long-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Strength of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) called her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a highly original read, as beautiful as it is terrifying.\" Chidgey is the recipient of the 2017 Janet Frame Fiction Prize, and lives in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50362012139794,"sku":"9781640092679","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5a9037b-5db4-4eef-9262-e2fb4d9d47ae.jpg?v=1728378240","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wish-child-9781640092679","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}