{"product_id":"the-most-precious-of-cargoes","title":"Jean-Claude Grumberg: The Most Precious Of Cargoes [2021] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold in the gentle tone of a fable, Jean-Claude Grumberg's \u003ci\u003eThe Most Precious of Cargoes\u003c\/i\u003e tells the moving story of a woman who wanted a child, and a child who needed a home. It is a tale that teaches us that even in the darkest, most violent times, there is reason to believe in people's capacity for kindness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a train crossing the forest, a Jewish father holds his twin children. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile foraging for food, the woodcutter's wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be pursued, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her own. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, \u003ci\u003eThe Most Precious of Cargoes\u003c\/i\u003e, translated from French by Frank Wynne, is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption, a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grumberg, Jean-Claude \u0026 Wynne, Frank","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44673054245154,"sku":"9781529019568","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/grumberg-jean-claude-wynne-frank-jean-claude-grumberg-the-most-precious-of-cargoes-2021-hardback-9781529019568-61009330372947.jpg?v=1737609778","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-most-precious-of-cargoes","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}