{"product_id":"the-trench-cat-of-ypres-jack-champion-9781918219548","title":"The Trench Cat of Ypres - 1917","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mud and the madness, they built a kingdom too small for the war to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYpres Salient, 1917.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate Tommy Finch buys a scruffy ginger cat for a shilling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfficially, she is a ratter, meant to keep the trenches free of vermin. Unofficially, she becomes something else entirely: a silent companion in the mud and terror of the Western Front, an early warning system for shellfire and gas, and a small, living responsibility in a world dominated by death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the cat-Penny-gives birth to kittens in a captured trench, the fragile family becomes a secret project for Tommy's section, a quiet act of care against the vast, indifferent machinery of war. But in an army governed by discipline and necessity, such attachments are dangerous. Orders are given. Choices narrow. What can be protected, and at what cost?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Trench Cat of Ypres is a spare, deeply grounded story of the First World War. Set entirely within the trench systems of Belgium, it tells a small story about unofficial lives lived alongside soldiers-lives rarely recorded, easily erased, and fiercely held onto all the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Champion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1918219540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781918219548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosmic Jive Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d","brand":"Jack Champion","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520186298623,"sku":"9781918219548","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76c9475c-ff1b-44ae-8181-20542566c674.jpg?v=1778741253","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trench-cat-of-ypres-jack-champion-9781918219548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}