{"product_id":"9781761822735","title":"The German Ward","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe love story of the year: a breathtaking new novel from the author of global bestsellers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e The Dictionary of Lost Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bookbinder of Jericho\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. A tale of love between enemies behind the lines of WW1 and the Australian artist who captures their secret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a story about desire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrance, 1915. \u003c\/i\u003eAn English nurse and German doctor fall in love. He is a prisoner of war; she has never cared for rules. Their love is visceral and urgent, forbidden and doomed, and it would have gone unrecorded if not for a series of drawings found more than a century later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt first the drawings seem insignificant, but the woman who finds them glimpses moments of intimacy and can't look away. The images become part of a puzzle she wants to solve: who were the lovers, what became of them, and what story of war was the artist trying to tell?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this luminous tale of hope in the midst of darkness, Pip Williams expands the world of her bestselling novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary of Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bookbinder of Jericho\u003c\/i\u003e. Sensual and sophisticated, \u003ci\u003eThe German Ward \u003c\/i\u003eshows one of Australia's most significant writers reaching the height of her skills. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Affirm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47891658211569,"sku":"9781761822735","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781761822735_p0.jpg?v=1779372336","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781761822735","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}