{"product_id":"the-wish-child-a-novel-9781640090972","title":"The Wish Child: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wish Child: A Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e by Chidgey, Catherine. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781640090972.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis internationally bestselling historical novel that \"fans of The Book Thief will enjoy\" follows two children and a mysterious narrator as they navigate the falsehoods and wreckage of WWII Germany (Publishers Weekly).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A remarkable book with a stunningly original twist.” —The Times (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44944927260725,"sku":"ByrdShop_1640090975","price":87.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781640090972_9a7eaff2-e1a0-4577-bb14-c20c71d82e90.jpg?v=1792881074","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wish-child-a-novel-9781640090972","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}