{"product_id":"9781400096275","title":"Suite Française","description":"\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control during World War II—a heartrending \"portrait of a small French town under seige, and the people trying to survive, even to live, as Hitler’s horrors march closer and closer to their doors\" (New York).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stunning.... A tour de force.” —The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940, as Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with the enemy—in their town, their homes, even in their hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Irène Némirovsky began working on Suite Française, she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel remained hidden and unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50623614550249,"sku":"9781400096275","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781400096275_7bde66d8-4910-4c47-bf91-a8e7c49d6e0f.jpg?v=1773332105","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9781400096275","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}