{"product_id":"the-wish-child-9781784704339","title":"The Wish Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful new talent' Nick Hornby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGermany, 1939. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin. Erich is an only child living a lush rural life, aware that he is shadowed by strange, unanswered questions. Both children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawn together as Germany’s hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, the children find temporary refuge in an abandoned theatre amidst the rubble of Berlin. The days they spend there together will shape the rest of their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable book with a stunningly original twist. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn intriguing read -- Fanny Blake * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003eAn incredible piece of writing...takes us inside the minds of the children and their families with such tenderness, humanity and psychological astuteness that it creates an understanding of why they loved and followed Hitler. * New Zealand Listener *\u003cbr\u003eCompellingly gentle and empathetic...one of our 'must read' novelists. It is a book difficult to put down and deserving of more than one reading. * Otago Daily Times (NZ) *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant novel, with a cohesive and persuasive vision of human beings under stress, a subtle prose-style and a major grasp of things that really matter. * Reid's Reader blog (NZ) *\u003cbr\u003eI love this book... I love the way, at this critical point in the world, when fundamental human values are violated, \u003ci\u003eThe Wish Child\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us with grace and understated wisdom of a need to strive for universal good. I ached as I read. This novel is unmissable. * Stuff (NZ) *\u003cbr\u003eThis novel is remarkable for its authenticity, this is a fiercely determined act of imagining... Heart-rending. * North and South (NZ) *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741245157719,"sku":"9781784704339","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-wish-child-9781784704339","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}