{"product_id":"9780062088802","title":"A Train in Winter : An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Train in Winter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Caroline Moorehead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first time—a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship. Caroline Moorehead, a distinguished biographer, human rights journalist, and the author of \u003cem\u003eDancing to the Precipice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHuman Cargo\u003c\/em\u003e, brings to life an extraordinary story that readers of Mitchell Zuckoff’s \u003cem\u003eLost in Shangri-La\u003c\/em\u003e, Erik Larson’s \u003cem\u003eIn the Garden of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e, and Laura Hillenbrand’s \u003cem\u003eUnbroken\u003c\/em\u003e will find an essential addition to our retelling of the history of World War II—a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificed everything to combat the march of evil across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“By turns heartbreaking and inspiring.”\u003cbr\u003e“A compelling account of human suffering and courage in the face of appalling brutality. And by the careful use of detail, and an almost obsessive curiosity, Ms. Moorehead has succeeded in frustrating one of the main aims of the Nazis’ . . . the memory of ‘le Convoi des 3100’ has not disappeared.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] moving novelistic portrait. . . . An inspiring and fascinating read.”\u003cbr\u003e“[Moorehead] traces the lives and deaths of all her subjects with unswerving candor and compassion. . . . In Moorehead’s telling, neither evil nor good is banal; and if the latter doesn’t always triumph, it certainly inspires.”\u003cbr\u003e“The first complete account of these extraordinary women and, incredibly, over 60 years later we are still learning new and terrible truths about the Holocaust. . . . Moorehead’s group portrait offers an important new perspective not only on the suffering and courage of those in Auschwitz and other concentration camps, but of the complex French response to the German occupation Careful research and sensitive retelling.”\u003cbr\u003e“Journalist and renowned biographer Caroline Moorehead weaves together first person accounts including interviews, diaries, letters, and photographs, creating a chorus of women’s voices whose stories may never have been told so clearly before now. . . . Her narrative seamlessly comes together in order to share a significant part of history whose time has come to be heard.”\u003cbr\u003e“A necessary book. . . . Compelling and moving. . . . The literature of wartime France and the Holocaust is by now so vast as to confound the imagination, but when a book as good as this comes along, we are reminded that there is always room for something new.”\u003cbr\u003e“Haunting account of bravery, friendship, and endurance.”\u003cbr\u003e“An extremely moving and intensely personal history of the Auschwitz universe as experienced by these women. . . . A powerful and moving book.”\u003cbr\u003e“Compelling . . . Moorehead weaves into her suspenseful, detailed narrative myriad personal stories of friendship, courage, and heartbreak.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062088802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperLuxe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41042242109646,"sku":"9780062088802","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062088802.jpg?v=1647915839","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062088802","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}