{"product_id":"9780063445345","title":"The Night Witches: 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=\"\"\u003eSanders, Shelly\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\u003eHarper Perennial\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\u003e1\/19\/2027\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\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Occupation\u003c\/i\u003e comes a novel based on real-life Russian female aviators and their history-making regiment whose night bombing missions helped defeat the invading German army during World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarina Raskova, a divorced mother, is known as the “Soviet Amelia Earhart” for her long-distance world records as a flight navigator. In 1941, when the Germans attack her beloved motherland, extending their second front in the East, Marina leaves her position as a flight instructor, determined to create three female aviation regiments within the Red Army Air Force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Moscow, Lina Gelman, a third-year Jewish university student, helps dig a trench around the city to impede the advancing Germans. Though she will defend her country in any way, Lina has always wanted to fly—a dream she believed was dead after a disastrous first lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Nadia Popova, an aspiring singer, actress, and pilot, took flying lessons without her parents’ knowledge. When she learns of Marina’s new squadron, she sneaks away from home to enlist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned during the Russian Civil War, Dunia Bershanskaya, a flight instructor, has no desire to join the fight. But after hearing Marina on the radio asking women to volunteer for her all-female combat aviation regiment, Dunia changes her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lives of these women become intertwined when they begin combat flight training under the supervision of Marina Raskova. But tragedy strikes before they enter the fray, jeopardizing the entire regiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA triumphant story of unexpected heroes, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Witches\u003c\/i\u003e explores what happens when a group of women choose to defy astonishing odds—and survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48454563496191,"sku":"9780063445345","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063445345_s600x595.jpg?v=1781973073","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780063445345","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}