{"product_id":"dear-esther-richard-rashke-9798884879355","title":"Dear Esther","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply moving, brilliant, and powerful.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eU.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn October 1942, Esther Terner Raab and 300 other Jews escaped from Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in eastern Poland. It was the biggest escape of World War II and the subject of Richard Rashke's book, \u003ci\u003eEscape from Sobibor.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book, and the movie based on it, brought Esther many invitations to speak in public schools. The chronicle of her journey from ghetto to death camp to freedom generated hundreds of letters from children expressing their love, concern, and outrage. Those letters became the inspiration for \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Esther\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs it dissects the soul of a survivor, this moving play explores the issues of death, belief in God, revenge, hatred, justice, luck, guilt, and memory. But, although \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Esther\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e deals with pain and suffering, it is ultimately about hope and healing-for Esther and for everyone who confronts the tragedy of man's inhumanity to man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Rashke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798884879355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d","brand":"Richard Rashke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199265394943,"sku":"9798884879355","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0876c981-8e21-4661-81cc-7ba340161858.jpg?v=1727925546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-esther-richard-rashke-9798884879355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}