{"product_id":"the-german-ward-9781923135444","title":"The German Ward","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe love story of the year: a breathtaking new novel from the author of global bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Dictionary of Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bookbinder of Jericho\u003c\/em\u003e. A tale of love between enemies behind the lines of WW1 and the Australian artist who captures their secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a story about desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance, 1915. An English nurse and German doctor fall in love. He is a prisoner of war; she has never cared for rules. Their love is visceral and urgent, forbidden and doomed, and it would have gone unrecorded if not for a series of drawings found more than a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt first the drawings seem insignificant, but the woman who finds them glimpses moments of intimacy and can't look away. The images become part of a puzzle she wants to solve: who were the lovers, what became of them, and what story of war was the artist trying to tell?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this luminous tale of hope in the midst of darkness, Pip Williams expands the world of her bestselling novels, The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho . Sensual and sophisticated, The German Ward shows one of Australia's most significant writers reaching the height of her skills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pip Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48957192634619,"sku":"9781923135444","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9781923135444-the-german-ward.jpg?v=1780951909","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/the-german-ward-9781923135444","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}