{"product_id":"mirror-of-our-sorrows-9781529416916","title":"Mirror of Our Sorrows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tremendous and enjoyable\"\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eLa Libre Belgique\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A great success\"\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eLa Croix\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eApril, 1940. \u003c\/b\u003eLouise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the madness of the Phoney War, as France, seized by the panic of a new European conflict, descends into chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLouise navigates this period of enormous upheaval in parallel with her fellow citizens - including Maginot Line conscripts Raoul and Gabriel, bistro-owner Monsieur Jules and confidence trickster Désiré Migault. The looming threat of German occupation uncovers long-buried secrets and makes for strange bedfellows, as one extraordinary twist of fate follows another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith characteristic wit and verve, Pierre Lemaitre chronicles the fall of a nation crushed by circumstance. The final novel in his award-winning trilogy is an incandescent tale that veers from the tragic to the burlesque. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated from the French by Frank Wynne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529416916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544","brand":"Pierre Lemaitre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44112778395829,"sku":"9781529416916","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a416a2a4-a379-42e1-a7b9-74145156f0ff.jpg?v=1715053862","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mirror-of-our-sorrows-9781529416916","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}