{"product_id":"gifts-for-our-time-9781473616394","title":"Gifts for Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eGermany 1939, and Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport, unsure that she'll ever see her beloved mother and father again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce in England she is taken in by elderly Mrs Pelling, who grows to love Christa as the daughter she never had. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in 1945 Mrs Pelling dies. While her will cannot be found, her money-grabbing niece appears out of the blue to claim her inheritance and turfs Christa out, with only a suitcase to her name. The prejudice against Germans still runs high in England, and Christa is unable to secure a job or a place to stay... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLuck comes her way when a lady she saves from being mugged turns out to be Mayne Esher's friend Daniel's mother. Taking pity on Christa, they take her to Rivenshaw where they plan to start a new life as part of the Esher building firm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere Christa is welcomed with open arms and she soon develops a love for the place, the people and, Daniel... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Esherwood is not the trouble-free sanctuary she first thinks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetermined to do their bit for soldiers returning from the war they have agreed to allow the council to build prefabs on some of Esherwood's garden. But an empire-building town planner seems set on taking \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e of Mayne's land for the war effort... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMayne has also discovered a secret door at the back of the old Nissen hut, with a complicated locking mechanism that has local locksmiths dumbfounded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust what is hidden behind the door to warrant such high security?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473616394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Anna Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42268548530357,"sku":"9781473616394","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6dce96d4-8d54-4783-a50c-e471533874dc.jpg?v=1657032690","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gifts-for-our-time-9781473616394","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}