{"product_id":"the-hollow-bones-leah-kaminsky","title":"The Hollow Bones – Leah Kaminsky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Bones\u003c\/i\u003e implores us to pay careful attention to the crucial lessons we might learn from our not-too-distant history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘I remember you once told me about mockingbirds and their special talents for mimicry. They steal the songs from others, you said. I want to ask you this: how were our own songs stolen from us, the notes dispersed, while our faces were turned away?’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBerlin, 1936. Ernst Schäfer, a young, ambitious zoologist and keen hunter and collector, has come to the attention of Heinrich Himmler, who invites him to lead a group of SS scientists to the frozen mountains of Tibet. Their secret mission: to search for the origins of the Aryan race. Ernst has doubts initially, but soon seizes the opportunity to rise through the ranks of the Third Reich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Ernst prepares for the trip, he marries Herta, his childhood sweetheart. But Herta, a flautist who refuses to play from the songbook of womanhood and marriage under the Reich, grows increasingly suspicious of Ernst and his expedition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Ernst and his colleagues finally leave Germany in 1938, they realise the world has its eyes fixed on the horror they have left behind in their homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lyrical and poignant cautionary tale, T\u003ci\u003ehe Hollow Bones\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life one of the Nazi regime’s little-known villains through the eyes of the animals he destroyed and the wife he undermined in the name of science and cold ambition.\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 and was shortlisted for the Helen Asher Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Bones \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2019 International Book Award in both Literary Fiction \u0026amp; Historical Fiction categories and the 2019 Best Book Award for Literary Fiction. She holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenguin, 2020, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44519113982021,"sku":"203579","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/the-hollow-bones-leah-kaminsky-hollowbones-9155510.jpg?v=1769133793","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/the-hollow-bones-leah-kaminsky","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}