{"product_id":"a-train-in-winter-an-extraordinary-story-of-women-friendship-and-resistance-in-occupied-france-isbn-9780061650710","title":"A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A haunting account of bravery, friendship, and endurance.\" –\u003cem\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe riveting and little-known story of a group of female members of the French resistance who were deported together to Auschwitz, a remarkable number of whom survived\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1943, 230 brave women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first time—a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline Moorehead, a distinguished biographer, human rights journalist, and author of \u003cem\u003eDancing to the Precipice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHuman Cargo\u003c\/em\u003e, brings to life an extraordinary story that readers of Mitchell Zuckoff’s \u003cem\u003eLost in Shangri-La\u003c\/em\u003e, Erik Larson’s \u003cem\u003eIn the Garden of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e, and Laura Hillenbrand’s \u003cem\u003eUnbroken\u003c\/em\u003e will find an essential addition to our retelling of the history of World War II. A Train in Winter is a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificed everything to combat the march of evil across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThey were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera; a midwife; a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed subversive newspapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine messages. The youngest was a schoolgirl of sixteen, who scrawled \"V\" (for victory) on the walls of her lycée; the eldest, a farmer's wife in her sixties who harbored escaped Allied airmen. Strangers to one another, hailing from villages and cities across France—230 brave women united in defiance of their Nazi occupiers—they were eventually hunted down by the Gestapo. Separated from home and loved ones, imprisoned in a fort outside Paris, they found solace and strength in their deep affection and camaraderie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1943, they were sent to their final destination: Auschwitz. Only forty-nine would return to France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on interviews with these women and their families, and on documents in German, French, and Polish archives, \u003cem\u003eA Train in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable account of the extraordinary courage of ordinary people—a story of bravery, survival, and the enduring power of female friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A necessary book. . . . Compelling and moving. . . . The literature of wartime France and the Holocaust is by now so vast as to confound the imagination, but when a book as good as this comes along, we are reminded that there is always room for something new.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Yardley, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Remarkable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Herschthal, The Jewish Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The first complete account of these extraordinary women and, incredibly, over 60 years later we are still learning new and terrible truths about the Holocaust. . . . Moorehead’s group portrait offers an important new perspective not only on the suffering and courage of those in Auschwitz and other concentration camps, but of the complex French response to the German occupation Careful research and sensitive retelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzzy Jackson, Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A compelling account of human suffering and courage in the face of appalling brutality. And by the careful use of detail, and an almost obsessive curiosity, Ms. Moorehead has succeeded in frustrating one of the main aims of the Nazis’ . . . the memory of ‘le Convoi des 3100’ has not disappeared.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Marnham, Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An extremely moving and intensely personal history of the Auschwitz universe as experienced by these women. . . . A powerful and moving book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatasha Lehrer, Times Literary Supplement (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Journalist and renowned biographer Caroline Moorehead weaves together first person accounts including interviews, diaries, letters, and photographs, creating a chorus of women’s voices whose stories may never have been told so clearly before now. . . . Her narrative seamlessly comes together in order to share a significant part of history whose time has come to be heard.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] moving novelistic portrait. . . . An inspiring and fascinating read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeredith Maran, People (3½ stars)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sixty-seven years later, with all the information we have, new stories from World War II still have the power to stun—leaving you overwhelmed by the simultaneous awareness of evil and of miraculous human courage, and by terror and pity—the two ancient emotions that tragedy awakens in the human soul. . . . Compassionate, meticulous, and compulsively enthralling. . . . This fine book is essential reading.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBel Mooney, Daily Mail (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Contains a wealth of historical information as well as some brilliant if horrific storytelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Laughland, The Spectator (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As chronicled by Moorehead with unblinking accuracy, their agonies are appalling to contemplate, their stories of survival and friendship under duress enthralling to hear.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By turns heartbreaking and inspiring.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaroline Weber, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Haunting account of bravery, friendship, and endurance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Moorehead] traces the lives and deaths of all her subjects with unswerving candor and compassion. . . . In Moorehead’s telling, neither evil nor good is banal; and if the latter doesn’t always triumph, it certainly inspires.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Heightened by electrifying, and staggering, detail, Moorehead’s riveting history stands as a luminous testament to the indomitable will to survive and the unbreakable bonds of friendship.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Even history’s darkest moments can be illuminated by spectacular courage, such as courage that Caroline Moorehead movingly celebrates in \u003cem\u003eA Train in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e. . . . Moorehead has created a somber account, sensitively rendered, of yet another grim legacy of war.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A miraculous story about friendship and the will to overcome extraordinary cruelty, heartache and loss.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Journal, \"Best Books of 2011\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Compelling . . . Moorehead weaves into her suspenseful, detailed narrative myriad personal stories of friendship, courage, and heartbreak.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888626594021,"sku":"NP9780061650710","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061650710.jpg?v=1730229476","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-train-in-winter-an-extraordinary-story-of-women-friendship-and-resistance-in-occupied-france-isbn-9780061650710","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}