{"product_id":"the-fortune-tellers-son-angela-blondeau-9781543463286","title":"The Fortune-Teller's Son: A Riveting Tale of Survival and Sacrifice from Old Vienna to America Based on the True Story of Otto Rigan","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy was six-year-old Otto Rigan alone on a ship to America in 1927?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOtto's father, Mathias, was left on the dock in Austria by his parents when they sailed to America. Why was he left? Though he was young, Mathias adopted a monkey and earned a living as a fortune-teller in Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarriage produced a son, but within two years, his wife departed for America--leaving Mathias with little Otto and Mucki to raise alone. Life was sparse, but the bond of love and devotion between the three was deep. When Mathias received a demand to send Otto to America, he faced an emotional dilemma. Left by his parents and then by his wife, could Mathias endure another parting--this time his boy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould Otto adapt to a new culture, language, and life without the only things he knew and cherished--his devoted father and his monkey? What's to become of Otto, the monkey, and Mathias? Could Mathias go to America to find his wife?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart-wrenching and emotional turmoil that each character faced in this true story of the Rigan family lies within the pages that begin in a village in Austria in 1880 to life in old Vienna to Chicago to the World's Fair to World War II to a military career and to places beyond in search of a father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Blondeau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1543463282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781543463286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Angela Blondeau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44067410673919,"sku":"9781543463286","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec0fbf61-2477-486a-9872-3627d559c23e.jpg?v=1685413067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fortune-tellers-son-angela-blondeau-9781543463286","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}