{"product_id":"gracianna-paperback","title":"Gracianna - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTrini Amador\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe gripping story of Gracianna--a French-Basque girl forced to make impossible decisions after being recruited into the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGracianna\u003c\/em\u003e is inspired by true events in the life of Trini Amador's great-grandmother, Gracianna Lasaga. As an adult, Amador was haunted by the vivid memory of finding a loaded German Luger tucked away in a nightstand while wandering his great-grandmother's home in Southern California. He was only four years old at the time, but the memory remained and he knew he had to explore the story behind the gun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, Amador would delve into the remarkable odyssey of his Gracianna's past, a road that led him to an incredible surprise. In \u003cem\u003eGracianna\u003c\/em\u003e, Amador weaves fact and fiction to\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003etell his great-grandmother's story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGracianna bravely sets off to Paris in the early 1940s--on her way to America, she hopes--but is soon swept into the escalation of the war and the Nazi occupation of Paris. After chilling life-and-death struggles, she discovers that her missing sister has surfaced as a laborer in Auschwitz. When she finds an opportunity to fight back against the Nazis to try to free her sister, she takes it--even if it means using lethal force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Amador tells the imagined story of how his great-grandmother risked it all, he delivers richly drawn characters and a heart-wrenching page-turner that readers won't soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714028605503,"sku":"9781632992550","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/eddf7c9f249d30604124c4f3135f2860.webp?v=1765066744","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/gracianna-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}