{"product_id":"doll-s-eye-leah-kaminsky","title":"Doll’s Eye – Leah Kaminsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes there may be more to things than meets the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGermany, 1933.\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Winter returns home to find a note from her father, warning her of grave danger. She flees overnight, taking her precious doll collection with her, and sets sail for Australia. She lands a job at the Birdum Hotel and carves a new life, hiding her past from the world – until a chance encounter with an eccentric stranger, Alter Mayseh, changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustralia, 1938.\u003c\/b\u003e A Yiddish poet fleeing persecution, Alter has seen the writing on the wall for his people. Armed with a letter of introduction from Albert Einstein, he manages his own escape from Europe and arrives in Australia in search of a safe place to call home. When fate leads him to Anna, he’s convinced he’s found his future with her. But a disturbing clue to her dark past threatens to unravel the delicate life she has built on top of the secrets left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShifting in time and place, \u003ci\u003eDoll’s Eye \u003c\/i\u003eweaves an intriguing story of love, loss and survival against a backdrop of war and displacement. Evocative and compelling, it brings into question the gap between what we see, and what we don’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeah Kaminsky is a physician and award-winning writer. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Voss Literary Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Bones\u003c\/i\u003e won both the Literary Fiction and Historical Fiction categories of the 2019 International Book Awards, and the 2019 American Book Fest’s Best Book Award for Literary Fiction. Leah holds a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRandom House Publishing 2023, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44516174331973,"sku":"203790","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/dolls-eye-leah-kaminsky-dollseye-5307805.jpg?v=1769133794","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/doll-s-eye-leah-kaminsky","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}