{"product_id":"the-world-that-we-knew-alice-hoffman","title":"The World That We Knew - Alice Hoffman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnce upon a time something happened that you could never have imagined, a spell was broken, a girl was saved, a rose grew out of a tooth buried deep in the ground, love was everywhere, and people who had been taken away continued to walk with you, in dreams and in the waking world ...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Berlin in 1941 during humanity’s darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dovekeepers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but it’s his daughter, Ettie, who offers hope of salvation when she creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLea and Ava travel from Paris, where Lea meets her soulmate, to a convent in western France known for its silver roses; from a school in a mountaintop village where three thousand Jews were saved. Meanwhile, Ettie is in hiding, waiting to become the fighter she's destined to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat does it mean to lose your mother? How much can one person sacrifice for love? In a world where evil can be found at every turn, we meet remarkable characters that take us on a stunning journey of loss and resistance, the fantastical and the mortal, in a place where all roads lead past the Angel of Death and love is never ending.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScribner Publishing 2020, paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44408111824965,"sku":"203759","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/the-world-that-we-knew-alice-hoffman-worldweknew-9723116.jpg?v=1765819272","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/the-world-that-we-knew-alice-hoffman","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}