{"product_id":"annelies-9780241367667","title":"Annelies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA breathtaking new novel that asks the question: \u003ci\u003ewhat if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1945, aged sixteen, Anne Frank walks out of the liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and into a new life as a survivor of the Holocaust. Returning to Amsterdam, she is reunited with her beloved father. Yet Anne feels like a ghost. In the city where she and her family were betrayed, Anne struggles to let go of the horrors she witnessed, to forget the cruel death of her mother and her sister Margot. She dreams of being a writer, but how do you carry on when you''ve lost everything you once were? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo create a new life for herself, a life of freedom as a woman and a writer, she knows she must transform her story of trauma into a story of redemption and hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''An \u003cb\u003eoriginal\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eintriguing \u003c\/b\u003enovel'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''In this \u003cb\u003ehaunting what-if\u003c\/b\u003e, Gillham asks us to reflect on \u003cb\u003ehow one learns\u003c\/b\u003e - in the unimaginable wake of the H\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eoriginal\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eintriguing \u003c\/b\u003enovel * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003ehaunting what-if\u003c\/b\u003e, David Gillham asks us to reflect on the quandary of \u003cb\u003ehow one\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elearns\u003c\/b\u003e-in the unimaginable wake of the Holocaust-\u003cb\u003eto live again\u003c\/b\u003e, shedding a \u003cb\u003epowerful\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ehuman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elight\u003c\/b\u003e on the \u003cb\u003etragedy of lost potential\u003c\/b\u003e * Georgia Hunter, author of We Were the Lucky Ones *\u003cbr\u003eGillham \u003cb\u003estrikes a deft balance\u003c\/b\u003e between \u003cb\u003edescribing the life of an ordinary teenager \u003c\/b\u003e- going to the cinema, arguing with adults - and the more difficult task of imagining one\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eliving with\u003cb\u003e the legacies of extreme trauma\u003c\/b\u003e * i *\u003cbr\u003eGillham's \u003cb\u003ebeautifully crafted\u003c\/b\u003e novel is a \u003cb\u003erespectful tribute\u003c\/b\u003e to the creative and passionate writer who died so young. \u003cb\u003eHighly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e * Library Journal Starred Review\t *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI can't wait for Gillham's next novel - play it again, Sam\u003c\/b\u003e * Stephen King *\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003emoving \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003emasterful debut\u003c\/b\u003e, David Gillham \u003cb\u003ebrings war-torn Berlin to life \u003c\/b\u003eand reveals the \u003cb\u003eextraordinary mettle \u003c\/b\u003eof \u003cb\u003ewomen tested to their limits\u003c\/b\u003e and beyond. \u003cb\u003ePowerful \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e piercingly real.\u003c\/b\u003e You won't soon forget these characters * Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife, on City of Women *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Gillham's \u003cb\u003eexcellent \u003c\/b\u003enew novel is built on \u003cb\u003eone of the most extraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003efaithful recreations \u003c\/b\u003eof a time in history - \u003cb\u003eBerlin in World War II\u003c\/b\u003e - that \u003cb\u003eI've ever read\u003c\/b\u003e * Alan Furst, on City of Women *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017667379543,"sku":"9780241367667","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241367667.jpg?v=1750774288","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/annelies-9780241367667","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}