{"product_id":"my-longest-night-genevieve-duboscq-9781611457216","title":"My Longest Night: A Twelve-Year-Old Heroine's Stirring Account of D-Day and After","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFifty years have passed since the Normandy landing that began the liberation of France from Nazi occupation. This touching eyewitness account, told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old girl, has all the force and beauty of Anne Frank's\u003ci\u003e Diary of a Young Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the first wave of Allied paratroopers landed behind the lines in Normandy on the night of June 5, 1944, many fell into the flooded marshlands on either side of the railway line that ran between Paris and Cherbourg--virtually in the Duboscq family's backyard. Throughout that historic night, Genevi ve and her father, a hard-drinking peasant named Papa Maurice, saved numerous Americans from drowning and gave them refuge while they regrouped for what was to become one of the most heroic battles of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Genevieve Duboscq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611457211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611457216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Genevieve Duboscq","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685689446655,"sku":"9781611457216","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_656f6695-52ab-4c06-ad31-40f39868a5ce.jpg?v=1741726467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-longest-night-genevieve-duboscq-9781611457216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}