{"product_id":"enemies-in-love-alexis-clark-9781620971864","title":"Enemies in Love: A German POW, a Black Nurse, and an Unlikely Romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"New \u0026amp; Noteworthy\" selection of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Alexis Clark illuminates a whole corner of unknown World War II history.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Isaacson, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLeonardo da Vinci\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A]n irresistible human story. . . . Clark's voice is engaging, and her tale universal.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eJon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThomas Jefferson: The Art of Power\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A true and deeply moving narrative of forbidden love during World War II and a shocking, hidden history of race on the home front \u003cp\u003eThis is a love story like no other: Elinor Powell was an African American nurse in the U.S. military during World War II; Frederick Albert was a soldier in Hitler's army, captured by the Allies and shipped to a prisoner-of-war camp in the Arizona desert. Like most other black nurses, Elinor pulled a second-class assignment, in a dusty, sun-baked--and segregated--Western town. The army figured that the risk of fraternization between black nurses and white German POWs was almost nil.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrought together by unlikely circumstances in a racist world, Elinor and Frederick should have been bitter enemies; but instead, at the height of World War II, they fell in love. Their dramatic story was unearthed by journalist Alexis Clark, who through years of interviews and historical research has pieced together an astounding narrative of race and true love in the cauldron of war. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e story by Clark that drew national attention, \u003cem\u003eEnemies in Love\u003c\/em\u003e paints a tableau of dreams deferred and of love struggling to survive, twenty-five years before the Supreme Court's \u003cem\u003eLoving\u003c\/em\u003e decision legalizing mixed-race marriage--revealing the surprising possibilities for human connection during one of history's most violent conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexis Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620971860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620971864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018 pg. 48","brand":"Alexis Clark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048990732543,"sku":"9781620971864","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f253ed61-f29b-4b8b-b2fe-b9e34032ad1b.jpg?v=1684998985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enemies-in-love-alexis-clark-9781620971864","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}