{"product_id":"gracianna-9781632992550","title":"Gracianna","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe gripping story of Gracianna--a French-Basque girl forced to make impossible decisions after being recruited into the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGracianna\u003c\/em\u003e is inspired by true events in the life of Trini Amador's great-grandmother, Gracianna Lasaga. As an adult, Amador was haunted by the vivid memory of finding a loaded German Luger tucked away in a nightstand while wandering his great-grandmother's home in Southern California. He was only four years old at the time, but the memory remained and he knew he had to explore the story behind the gun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, Amador would delve into the remarkable odyssey of his Gracianna's past, a road that led him to an incredible surprise. In \u003cem\u003eGracianna\u003c\/em\u003e, Amador weaves fact and fiction to\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003etell his great-grandmother's story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGracianna bravely sets off to Paris in the early 1940s--on her way to America, she hopes--but is soon swept into the escalation of the war and the Nazi occupation of Paris. After chilling life-and-death struggles, she discovers that her missing sister has surfaced as a laborer in Auschwitz. When she finds an opportunity to fight back against the Nazis to try to free her sister, she takes it--even if it means using lethal force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Amador tells the imagined story of how his great-grandmother risked it all, he delivers richly drawn characters and a heart-wrenching page-turner that readers won't soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e River Grove Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632992550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Trini Amador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42183730397365,"sku":"9781632992550","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ddf712f5-6180-4431-ae18-aa7d8cc5c20e.jpg?v=1654570272","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gracianna-9781632992550","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}