{"product_id":"strangers-in-time-9781538742051","title":"Strangers in Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Calamity of Souls \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ecomes David Baldacci's newest novel set in London in 1944, about a bereaved book shop owner and two teenagers scarred by the second world war, and the healing and hope they find in one another.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, ducking school but barred from actual work, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he's old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there's no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of people to have been evacuated to the countryside via ';Operation Pied Piper,' Molly has been away from her parentsfrom her homefor nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she'd hoped for as she's confronted by a devastating reality: both her parents are gone.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his book shop, The Book Keep, where \u003ci\u003eA book a day keeps the bombs away\u003c\/i\u003e. Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each otherover the course of the greatest armed conflict the world had ever seenthey rediscover the spirit of family each has lost.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But Charlie's escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone's been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is still reeling from a secret Imogen long kept from him while she was alivesomething so shocking it resulted in her death, and his life being turned upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Not Stated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863391633751,"sku":"9781538742051","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538742051.jpg?v=1759920483","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/strangers-in-time-9781538742051","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}