{"product_id":"the-wish-child-9781640092679","title":"The Wish Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Catherine Chidgey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Catapult\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Catapult\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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)","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45412371562647,"sku":"9781640092679","price":1536.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781640092679.webp?v=1767918209","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-wish-child-9781640092679","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}