{"product_id":"messenger-part-i-9781639500147","title":"Messenger Part I","description":"Michael Polowetzky (author of \"Courtesans) now steps back a few years to begin recounting the story of Pascale Kedar in \"Messenger Part I. A brilliant artist with a mind bordering on genius, teenage Pascale grows up in an overprotected environment in the Middle East. On her first trip abroad, a revolution breaks out back home, and Pascale is stranded in Paris. In the course of events, she is befriended by several locals-- among them: \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Veronique Castellane (a former prima ballerina, her historic career on the stage sadly cut short);\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Veronique's brother Richard, a polymath Catholic priest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Matilda Eisenberg, a leftwing professor from the University of Paris and Heidelberg in Germany with political ambitions;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD. Sister Claire, a renegade British aristocrat belonging to a social activist order of nuns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eAll her benefactors dearly love Pascale and fully appreciate the girl's immense artistic ability. At the same time, each sees Pascale as a vehicle to obtain their own frustrated adult ambitions.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eQuestion: Can the young painter achieve both her own artistic goals and answer the hopes and dreams of her many devoted supporters?   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Writers Apex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639500147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Michael Polowetzky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059244142773,"sku":"9781639500147","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8be0f3d2-4e59-4004-b166-ccd4d8e9b2b1.jpg?v=1650342002","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/messenger-part-i-9781639500147","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}