{"product_id":"embroidered-memories-sabine-m-pereira-kzogi-9783952484432","title":"Embroidered Memories: Klara \u0026 Claire 1939 - 1945","description":"Klara, born in October 1918, is brought up in Eastern Switzerland in the small town of St. Gallen. Her family areembroiderers. Times are tough as the most prestigious era of this traditional industry is passé.Thanks to the generosity of her elder half-brother George, who is a pharmacist, Klara has the opportunity to undertake professional training as a kindergarten teacher. After graduating a dream comes true when Klara starts working for an aristocratic family as a nanny in Paris in April 1939.Claire, that's how she is called in France, enjoys the chicParisian lifestyle. The pretty life comes to an abrupt end, when the German Wehrmacht marches towards Paris in June1940 and the Count is heavily injured in the battle field. War has caught up with Claire.As the first bombs drop on the French capital she flees Paris together with the Countess and the children. Her family in Switzerland is worried for her well-being and urges her repeatedly to return home. Claire who got very attached toher host family, is unable to leave Madame with the four small children.Nevertheless, the situation deteriorates and gets tenuous even in the factual free Vichy France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sabine M. Pereira-Kägi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3952484431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783952484432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sabine M. Pereira-Kagi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.42d","brand":"Sabine M. Pereira-Kägi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874282516735,"sku":"9783952484432","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/embroidered-memories-sabine-m-pereira-kzogi-9783952484432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}