{"product_id":"german-boy","title":"German Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA moving, inter-war family saga \u003ci\u003eThe German Boy\u003c\/i\u003e from Patricia Wastvedt, the Orange Prize Longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe River.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1947, Elisabeth Mander's German nephew comes to stay: Stefan Landau, her dead sister's teenage son, whom she hates and loves before she's even set eyes on him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrphaned by the war and traumatised by the last, vicious battles of the Hitler Youth, Stefan brings with him to England only a few meagre possessions. Among them a portrait of a girl with long copper hair by a young painter called Michael Ross - and with it the memory, both painful\u003cbr\u003eand precious, of her life and that time between the wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning decades and generations, \u003ci\u003eThe German Boy \u003c\/i\u003etells the moving story of two families entangled by love and friendship, divided by prejudice and war, and of a brief encounter between a woman and a man that touched each of their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An absorbing literary saga ... a sophisticated and subtly woven story' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hypnotic, atmospheric and exquisitely written. A novel I won't forget' Lucinda Riley, author of \u003ci\u003eHothouse Flower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A love story at its centre which will make your heart ache' Julia Green, author of \u003ci\u003eBlue Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A heart-rending story of epic proportions, thrilling and utterly captivating. I am haunted by it still' Suzannah Dunn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Confession of Katherine Howard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1954, Patricia Wastvedt grew up in Blackheath, south London, and spent her summers in Kent. She has a degree in Creative Arts and an MA in Creative Writing, and her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe River\u003c\/i\u003e, written in her late forties, was long-listed for the Orange Prize. She teaches at Bath Spa University, and is also a manuscript editor. She lives and writes in a cottage in Somerset.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226817286488,"sku":"9780670919437","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780670919437_f217f307-2d5d-453b-933c-6c131eabfc22.jpg?v=1764818111","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/german-boy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}