{"product_id":"the-air-raid-book-club-this-uplifting-world-war-2-historical-novel-is-the-perfect-gift-for-book-lovers","title":"The Air Raid Book Club","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e'A warm and tender tale about the power and healing of friendship and community and the magic of books' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Hogan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs the bombs began to fall, the book club kept their hopes alive...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most emotional, uplifting and captivating story of wartime London and the extraordinary power of books to shine a light and draw people together in the darkest of days, i\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enspired by true events.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, 1938. Bookseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGertie Bingham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is facing difficult times, having just lost her beloved husband, Harry, and with a lingering sadness at never having been able to have a child of her own. Struggling to face running the bookshop she and Harry opened together, Gertie is preparing to sell up and move away when she is asked if she would be willing to take in a young Jewish refugee from Germany. Gertie is unsure and when sullen teenager \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHedy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFischer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e arrives, Gertie fears she has nothing left to give the troubled girl.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when the German bombers come and the lights go out over London, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGertie and Hedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e realise that joining forces will make them stronger, and that books have the power to bring young and old together and unite a community in need in its darkest hour...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Annie Lyons was shortlisted for the RNA Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year Award*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiction: general and literary, History and Archaeology, Historical fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnnie Lyons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e384 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 232mm W: 152mm Spine: 34mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 460 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Review","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690422931606,"sku":"9781035401055","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket---2023-07-27T161045-192.jpg?v=1690431136","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/the-air-raid-book-club-this-uplifting-world-war-2-historical-novel-is-the-perfect-gift-for-book-lovers","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}