{"product_id":"9780063029491","title":"When We Were Young \u0026 Brave: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGaynor, Hazel\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWilliam Morrow Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/6\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gaynor's story of courage and\u003cbr\u003estrength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lisa Wingate, #1\u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBefore We Were Yours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl Who Came Home\u003c\/em\u003e sets her unforgettable new novel in China during\u003cbr\u003eWWII, inspired by true events surrounding the Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eese Army’s internment of\u003cbr\u003eteachers and children from a British-run missionary school.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheir motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina,\u003cbr\u003eDecember 1941. Having left an unhappy\u003cbr\u003elife in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth\u003cbr\u003eKent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares\u003cbr\u003eto leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path for Elspeth,\u003cbr\u003eand those in her charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Nancy Plummer has\u003cbr\u003ealways felt safe at Chefoo School,\u003cbr\u003eprotected by her British status. But when Japan declares war on Britain and America, Japanese\u003cbr\u003eforces take control of the school and the\u003cbr\u003esecurity and\u003cbr\u003ecomforts Nancy and her friends are used to are replaced by privation, uncertainty and\u003cbr\u003efear. Now the enemy, and separated from their parents, the children look to their teachers – to Miss\u003cbr\u003eKent and her new Girl Guide patrol especially – to provide a sense of unity and\u003cbr\u003esafety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaced\u003cbr\u003ewith the relentless challenges of oppression, the school community must rely on their courage, faith and\u003cbr\u003efriendships as they pray for liberation – but worse is to come when they are\u003cbr\u003esent to a distant internment camp where even greater uncertainty and danger\u003cbr\u003eawait . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by true\u003cbr\u003eevents, \u003cem\u003eWhen We Were Young and Brave\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable novel about impossible choices and\u003cbr\u003eunimaginable hardship, and the life-changing bonds formed between a young girl\u003cbr\u003eand her teacher in a remote corner of a terrible war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42956477137151,"sku":"9780063029491","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063029491_s600x595.jpg?v=1780332401","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780063029491","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}