{"product_id":"9780062946942","title":"The Last Train To London","description":"Author: Meg Waite Clayton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780062946942\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jul 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 480 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Historical Novels Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice • A Jewish Book Award Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An absolutely fascinating, beautifully rendered story of love, loss, and heroism in the dark days leading up to World War II. . . . A glowing portrait of women rising up against impossible odds to save children.” —Kristin Hannah, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Great Alone \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Exiles\u003c\/em\u003e conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of \u003cem\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/em\u003e, centering on the \u003cem\u003eKindertransports\u003c\/em\u003e that carried thousands of children out of Nazi-occupied Europe—and one brave woman who helped them escape to safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1936, the Nazi are little more than loud, brutish bores to fifteen-year old Stephan Neuman, the son of a wealthy and influential Jewish family and budding playwright whose playground extends from Vienna’s streets to its intricate underground tunnels. Stephan’s best friend and companion is the brilliant Žofie-Helene, a Christian girl whose mother edits a progressive, anti-Nazi newspaper. But the two adolescents’ carefree innocence is shattered when the Nazis’ take control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is hope in the darkness, though. Truus Wijsmuller, a member of the Dutch resistance, risks her life smuggling Jewish children out of Nazi Germany to the nations that will take them. It is a mission that becomes even more dangerous after the Anschluss—Hitler’s annexation of Austria—as, across Europe, countries close their borders to the growing number of refugees desperate to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTante Truus, as she is known, is determined to save as many children as she can. After Britain passes a measure to take in at-risk child refugees from the German Reich, she dares to approach Adolf Eichmann, the man who would later help devise the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question,” in a race against time to bring children like Stephan, his young brother Walter, and Žofie-Helene on a perilous journey to an uncertain future abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46566844792990,"sku":"HPC-9780062946942","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780062946942.jpg?v=1772166853","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780062946942","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}