{"product_id":"thread-of-grace","title":"Thread of Grace","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThread of Grace\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMary Doria Russell\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780449004135\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBallantine Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER - \"A powerfully imagined novel . . . [a] profoundly moving book that engages the heights and depths of human experience.\"--Los Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to find safety now that the Italians have broken from Germany and made a separate peace with the Allies. The Blums will soon discover that Italy is anything but peaceful, as it quickly becomes an open battleground for the Nazis, the Allies, Resistance fighters, Jews in hiding, and ordinary Italian civilians trying to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing the lives of a handful of fascinating characters--a charismatic Italian Resistance leader, a priest, an Italian rabbi's family, a disillusioned German doctor--Mary Doria Russell tells the little-known story of the vast underground effort by Italian citizens who saved the lives of 43,000 Jews during the final phase of World War II. \u003ci\u003eA Thread of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e puts a human face on history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Thread of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An addictive page-turner . . . [Mary Doria] Russell has an astonishing story to tell--full of action, paced like a rapid-fire thriller, in tense, vivid scenes that move with cinematic verve.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hauntingly beautiful, utterly unforgettable.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rich . . . Based on the heroism of ordinary people, \u003ci\u003e[A Thread of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e] packs an emotional punch.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] deeply felt and compellingly written book . . . The progress of each character's life is marked or measured by acts of grace. . . . Russell is a smart, passionate and imaginative writer.\"\u003cb\u003e--Cleveland\u003ci\u003e Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A feat of storytelling . . . an important book [that] needs to be widely read.\"\u003cb\u003e--Portland \u003ci\u003eOregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mary Doria Russell's fans (a\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Thread of Grace | Mary Doria Russell | Book | 9780449004135 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1602607","offer_id":50672078979330,"sku":"1602607","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71ZRtn73IfL.jpg?v=1791331701","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/thread-of-grace","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}