{"product_id":"a-bitter-rain-9781477819807","title":"A Bitter Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA former professor descends into darkness in this provocative story of a Nazi soldier torn between duty and conscience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast Prussia, Nazi Germany, 1939. History professor Erik Mueller is a model citizen and a family man. He's also a decorated sergeant in the Gestapo. Proving his courage on the battlefields of Poland and the Soviet Union, and proud of the German army's victories across Europe, he embraces what he thinks is the righteousness of the Third Reich's cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his loyalties are soon tested when he crosses paths with his old university friend Trude Bensheim. Forced into unemployment for being Jewish, Trude and her husband start a secret organization to help Jews escape Germany. But when they are betrayed by someone they thought they could trust, their lives hang in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErik feels responsible for Trude's capture, and he knows he's in a position to help them. But when everything he holds dear is at stake, will he save his friends--or himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477819807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.00d","brand":"James D. Shipman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52161315045557,"sku":"9781477819807","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c1fd9154-73dd-40fe-a39b-4d129b040c5f.jpg?v=1768317808","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-bitter-rain-9781477819807","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}