{"product_id":"9780316563673","title":"The War Begins in Paris: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER | Winner of the Nebraska Book Award | 2024 Omaha Reads Book Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eKings of Broken Things\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Our Other Lives\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"powerful, immersive\" literary noir about two female World War II correspondents whose fates intertwine in Europe (Caitlin Horrocks).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Paris, 1938. Two women meet: Mielle, a shy pacifist and shunned Mennonite who struggles to fit in with the elite cohort of foreign correspondents stationed around the city; the other, Jane, a brash, legendary American journalist, who is soon to become a fascist propagandist. When World War II makes landfall in the City of Lights, Mielle falls under Jane’s spell, growing ever more intoxicated by her glamour, self-possession, and reckless confidence. But as this recklessness devolves into militarism and an utter lack of humanity, Mielle is seized by a series of visions that show her an inescapable truth: Jane Anderson must die, and Mielle must be the one to kill her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Structured as a series of dispatches filed from around Europe and based on the misadventures of a real journalist-turned-Nazi mouthpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe War Begins in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e is a cat-and-mouse suspense that examines the relentlessness of propaganda, the allure of power, and how far one woman will go for the sake of her morality. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42369858109501,"sku":"9780316563673","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780316563673_p0.jpg?v=1771584100","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9780316563673","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}