{"product_id":"the-love-and-loss-of-alan-swarc-9781800316416","title":"The Love and Loss of Two Fathers: Looking Back","description":"This book revolves around the story of two brothers who, for relatively short periods in my life, bestowed on me the love of a father.\u003cp\u003eThey were part of a Polish Jewish family that had successfully settled in Paris during the inter-war years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe consequence of the war, when it came in 1939, was the dispersion of the family, causing hardship and painful losses. When the survivors came back together in 1945, they were finally able to mourn their loved ones, and carry on, as best they could, the development of the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the process of looking back, I have attempted to portray the experiences of individual members of the family before, during and after the war years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo this end I have added, to the recollections of my mother and French cousins, my own childhood memories of a happy life in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative ends with a full account of the trail I followed, in much later life, to determine the circumstances of my father's death on the battle-field of Picardy in 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Swarc, August 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Swarc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800316410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800316416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Generation Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Alan Swarc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077501710591,"sku":"9781800316416","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cdfd5d03-3451-4938-987f-f47e62b76576.jpg?v=1685470317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-love-and-loss-of-alan-swarc-9781800316416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}