{"product_id":"those-who-save-us-9780156031660","title":"Those Who Save Us","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn estranged mother and daughter reunite to confront their family's role in World War II in this harrowing, unforgettable novel about lost love and inherited shame.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fifty years, Anna Schlemmer refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald. Driven by the guilt of her heritage, Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the dramatic and heartbreaking truth of her mother's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining a passionate, doomed love story, a vivid evocation of life during the war, and a poignant mother-daughter drama, Jenna Blume's \u003cem\u003eThose Who Save Us\u003c\/em\u003e is a profound exploration of what we endure to survive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe winner of the 2005 Ribalow Prize, awarded by \u003cem\u003eHadassah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and adjudged by Elie Wiesel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlum, Jenna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - JENNA BLUM is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stormchasers\u003c\/i\u003e. Jenna is of German and Jewish descent and spent four years working for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation, interviewing Holocaust survivors. She teaches fiction for Grub Street Writers. Please visit Jenna at www.jennablum.com, on Facebook and on Twitter: @jenna_blum.","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614955802898,"sku":"9780156031660","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee90c332-1ada-4128-9d06-e9c723000022.jpg?v=1732469122","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/those-who-save-us-9780156031660","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}