{"product_id":"shura-batia-cohen-9798994741207","title":"Shura","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShura\u003c\/i\u003e tells the true story of a Jewish woman born in Lithuania at the beginning of the Great War. As a teenager she uncovers a secret that sets her on a life-altering course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready a wife and mother when World War II arrives, she struggles to survive as persecution intensifies. She leaps from a train bound for Majdanek, a Nazi extermination camp, hides in the Belarusian woods, and endures the rest of the war with the Bielski resistance-the same partisan group later depicted in the 2008 film \u003ci\u003eDefiance\u003c\/i\u003e (starring Daniel Craig).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the odds she survives and rebuilds a life in Mexico under the name Shura.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrical and intimate in tone, the novel centers on the day-to-day resilience of its protagonist and examines how memory, longing, and the traces of love shape a life lived across exile and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShura\u003c\/i\u003e is a translated and revised edition of \u003ci\u003eUna Amapola Entre Cactus\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in Mexico in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Batia Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994741207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Batia Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Batia Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588437750015,"sku":"9798994741207","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shura-batia-cohen-9798994741207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}