{"product_id":"zofia-9781067461805","title":"Zofia","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn beneath the ringing bell of a small Polish village in 1925, Zofia Nowak enters the world in a house warmed by bread, prayer, and the steady hands of women who know how to endure. Her childhood is shaped by seasons, faith, and family-until war fractures the rhythm of ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen invasion comes, Zofia grows from daughter to nurse, from witness to protector. In field hospitals trembling under artillery and shifting regimes, she learns that survival demands more than courage-it demands choice. Amid chaos, she meets Olek, a quiet soldier with steady hands, and together they choose love in a world determined to dismantle it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut war is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the ruins of Europe to the promise of Canada, Zofia and Olek rebuild piece by fragile piece-raising children in a new country while carrying the weight of the old one. On Toronto's Roncesvalles Avenue and later in the growing suburbs of Mississauga, their home becomes an anchor for a sprawling Polish family navigating assimilation, ambition, marriage, and generational change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the decades unfold, old wounds surface in new ways. Sons strain under expectation. Daughters carve out independence from tradition. Love arrives-sometimes gently, sometimes with fracture. And through it all, Zofia remains the quiet center: baking bread, planting gardens, holding newborn grandchildren, and watching carefully as the family she built stretches toward futures she could never have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eZOFIA\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping historical novel about war and migration, motherhood and marriage, resilience and reinvention. It is the story of one woman's life-and the generations shaped by her strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who cherish epic family sagas, immigrant journeys, and richly drawn historical fiction, \u003cem\u003eZOFIA\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful reminder that survival is not the end of the story. It is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryngaweda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781067461805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Kathryn Gaweda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52571323826357,"sku":"9781067461805","price":9.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/zofia-9781067461805","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}