{"product_id":"the-hollow-bones-leah-kaminsky-9781760899868","title":"The Hollow Bones","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Bones\u003c\/i\u003e implores us to pay careful attention to the crucial lessons we might learn from our not-too-distant history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI remember you once told me about mockingbirds and their special talents for mimicry. They steal the songs from others, you said. I want to ask you this: how were our own songs stolen from us, the notes dispersed, while our faces were turned away?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Berlin, 1936. Ernst Schäfer, a young, ambitious zoologist and keen hunter and collector, has come to the attention of Heinrich Himmler, who invites him to lead a group of SS scientists to the frozen mountains of Tibet. Their secret mission: to search for the origins of the Aryan race. Ernst has doubts initially but soon seizes the opportunity to rise through the ranks of the Third Reich. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Ernst prepares for the trip, he marries Herta, his childhood sweetheart. But Herta, a flautist who refuses to play from the songbook of womanhood and marriage under the Reich, grows increasingly suspicious of Ernst and his expedition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Ernst and his colleagues finally leave Germany in 1938, they realize the world has its eyes fixed on the horror they have left behind in their homeland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A lyrical and poignant cautionary tale, \u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Bones\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life one of the Nazi regime's little-known villains through the eyes of the animals he destroyed and the wife he undermined in the name of science and cold ambition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leah Kaminsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760899860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760899868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin (Au Adult)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Leah Kaminsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486008979711,"sku":"9781760899868","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57b37b14-e4b1-4901-b349-37f07a564167.jpg?v=1778053059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hollow-bones-leah-kaminsky-9781760899868","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}