{"product_id":"resistance-painter","title":"Resistance Painter","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn evocative work of historical fiction, examining the little-known story of Poland's extraordinary WW ll resistance army and the contemporary lives of two artists, grandmother and granddaughter, inextricably linked by a wartime betrayal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarsaw 1939.\u003c\/i\u003e Irena Marianowska's dreams of attending art school in Paris are crushed when the Nazis invade Poland. Instead, she joins the Home Army and, together with her resistance cell, risks her life guiding people to safety through the sewers of Warsaw. In 1942, after a harrowing mission, she returns home to learn that her sister, Lotka, has been abducted by the Gestapo. In her search for Lotka, Irena encounters a host of characters who lead her into greater danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eToronto 2010\u003c\/i\u003e. Jo Blum lives in Toronto with her beloved grandmother, a lauded painter of WWII and a decorated war hero. Jo has a budding career creating sculptures for grave sites based on the life stories of her dying clients. Her recorded interviews with Stefan, her new Polish client, unveil an heroic wartime past eerily similar to her grandmother's. But Jo's quest to uncover the truth about Stefan and her grandmother opens an explosive Pandora's box whose shockwaves threaten everything she's known about her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Resistance Painter\u003c\/i\u003e will resonate with fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Berlin Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of Audrey James\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoman with the Blue Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Lost Names\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tattooist of Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe German Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dutch Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, confronting questions about the stories we tell about our lives and whether buried secrets should stay buried.","brand":"Kath Jonathan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46717108617452,"sku":"9781668013618","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781668013618.jpg?v=1754452421","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/resistance-painter","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}