{"product_id":"9780062946942","title":"The Last Train to London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Historical Novels Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/strong\u003e• \u003cstrong\u003eA Jewish Book Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“An absolutely fascinating, beautifully rendered story of love, loss, and heroism in the dark days leading up to World War II. . . . A glowing portrait of women rising up against impossible odds to save children.” —Kristin Hannah, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Great Alone \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Exiles\u003c\/em\u003e conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of \u003cem\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/em\u003e, centering on the \u003cem\u003eKindertransports\u003c\/em\u003e that carried thousands of children out of Nazi-occupied Europe—and one brave woman who helped them escape to safety.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1936, the Nazi are little more than loud, brutish bores to fifteen-year old Stephan Neuman, the son of a wealthy and influential Jewish family and budding playwright whose playground extends from Vienna’s streets to its intricate underground tunnels. Stephan’s best friend and companion is the brilliant Žofie-Helene, a Christian girl whose mother edits a progressive, anti-Nazi newspaper. But the two adolescents’ carefree innocence is shattered when the Nazis’ take control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is hope in the darkness, though. Truus Wijsmuller, a member of the Dutch resistance, risks her life smuggling Jewish children out of Nazi Germany to the nations that will take them. It is a mission that becomes even more dangerous after the Anschluss—Hitler’s annexation of Austria—as, across Europe, countries close their borders to the growing number of refugees desperate to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTante Truus, as she is known, is determined to save as many children as she can. After Britain passes a measure to take in at-risk child refugees from the German Reich, she dares to approach Adolf Eichmann, the man who would later help devise the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question,” in a race against time to bring children like Stephan, his young brother Walter, and Žofie-Helene on a perilous journey to an uncertain future abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Rough front","offer_id":47261675421935,"sku":"9780062946942","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0559\/3877\/7237\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d674d714-e20e-475e-91e6-dd7a32181b1a.jpg?v=1764790579","url":"https:\/\/www.entershinebookshop.ca\/products\/9780062946942","provider":"Entershine Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}