{"product_id":"the-vanishing-sky-9781635574678","title":"The Vanishing Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Warlight and The Invisible Bridge, an intimate, harrowing story about a family of German citizens during World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review's Summer Reading Guide for Historical Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"There was no shelter without her sons.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1945, as the war in Germany nears its violent end, the Huber family is not yet free of its dangers or its insidious demands. Etta, a mother from a small, rural town, has two sons serving their home country: her elder, Max, on the Eastern front, and her younger, Georg, at a school for Hitler Youth. When Max returns from the front, Etta quickly realizes that something is not right-he is thin, almost ghostly, and behaving very strangely. Etta strives to protect him from the Nazi rule, even as her husband, Josef, becomes more nationalistic and impervious to Max's condition. Meanwhile, miles away, her younger son Georg has taken his fate into his own hands, deserting his young class of battle-bound soldiers to set off on a long and perilous journey home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is a World War II novel as seen through a German lens, a story of the irreparable damage of war on the home front, and one family's participation-involuntary, unseen, or direct-in a dangerous regime. Drawing inspiration from her own father's time in the Hitler Youth, L. Annette Binder has crafted a spellbinding novel about the choices we make for country and for family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635574678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"L. Annette Binder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663815307420,"sku":"9781635574678","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a6c9625d-593d-495f-b735-a7b4f41c3775.jpg?v=1603905142","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-vanishing-sky-9781635574678","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}