{"product_id":"where-the-sky-begins-9781542028868","title":"Where the Sky Begins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman's future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Venice Sketchbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tuscan Child\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks's world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie's beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she's never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie's life again. Her newfound courage will be put to the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542028868","brand":"Rhys Bowen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42183892828341,"sku":"9781542028868","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f2c2666e-fbb8-4a38-8429-3a8840bc12dd.jpg?v=1654571677","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/where-the-sky-begins-9781542028868","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}