{"product_id":"the-most-precious-of-cargoes-a-tale-1","title":"The Most Precious of Cargoes: A Tale","description":"Set during the height of World War II, a powerful and unsettling tale about a woodcutter and his wife, who finds a mysterious parcel thrown from a passing train.\n\nOnce upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child.\nA Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest.\nWhile foraging for food, the wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home.\nSet against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes is a fable about family and redemption which reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.\nTranslated from the French by Frank Wynne\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006298179X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.006298179X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Grumberg, Jean-Claude\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in good condition. Minimal signs of wear. It May have markings or highlights, but kept to only a few pages. May not come with supplemental materials if applicable.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45588988330181,"sku":"LFV.006298179X.G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/006298179X-0_94070967-4e6c-4535-a005-06542599bc61.jpg?v=1767662474","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/the-most-precious-of-cargoes-a-tale-1","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}