{"product_id":"the-innocent-days-of-war-mario-fortunato-9781635424140","title":"The Innocent Days of War","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this gripping coming-of-age novel, a group of young people's lives and passions collide in unexpected ways as World War II transforms Italy and England.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCentral Italy, on the eve of the Second World War. A group of young Italians find themselves in the midst of what will soon become a civil war. Among them is Stefano Portelli, a hopeful lawyer with a head full of utopias, in love with Eleonora. And there is his sister-in-law Nina, secretly linked to Sergio, a partisan leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther lives run parallel to theirs: that of Alastair Ormiston, an English Royal Air Force Pilot, who adores Virginia Woolf's books and dreams of the ideal companion. And that of Edna, his best friend who, in a London bombed by the Nazis, discovers herself and her happiness. If their paths intersect in a shocking way, shuffling the cards of history, it will be through the work of a destiny greater than them, burning them in a bonfire where everything is consumed--joy and pain together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Fortunato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1635424143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635424140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Mario Fortunato","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087662366975,"sku":"9781635424140","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ee4b027-c3d4-46d6-a58b-a4b1baf327e4.jpg?v=1753850455","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-innocent-days-of-war-mario-fortunato-9781635424140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}