{"product_id":"transitions-robert-t-hunting-9798223452522","title":"Transitions: From Enemies to Soulmates During the Franco-Algerian War","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Sabrina Hamdi, a modern, young, and attractive member of Algeria's classe moyenne supérieure, life is good, until the uprising knocks on her door. Literally. French security forces whisk her away and toss her into a notorious prison. With a now white-hot hatred of all things French, she devotes herself to ridding Algeria of colonial power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuc Jaundreau, a battle-hardened French Foreign Legion veteran of the brutal Indochina war, hopes for a new posting to Polynesia. Instead, he finds himself shipped to the \"sandbox,\" Algeria, to help quell yet another uprising.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir first run-in happens when Luc's night patrol innocently rescues a stranded Sabrina (with fake identification) after she's shot three French detectives. A second encounter happens during a nighttime firefight in Algiers' casbah. Sabrina gets the better of Luc. Recognition comes a moment before she almost pulls the trigger of her rifle. Instead, she curses at him and flees down a laneway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA third encounter brings them together at a New Year's Eve soiree in the city's entertainment district. Shocked at seeing each other in this context, they manage an awkward, guarded exchange before separating. Yet a different, non-lethal spark ignites itself in both. They will meet again under more favorable conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransitions offers a sweeping canvas of mid-50s Algeria in turmoil. You will be transported from a sophisticated capital to an ambush in the Atlas Mountains, from the \"café wars\" in Paris to dangerous night patrols on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Transitions is in part a war story but more a triumph of the human spirit. Fate will have its say as two armed and dangerous enemies move from being wary to being worthy of each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert T. Hunting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798223452522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordwooze Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Robert T. Hunting","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664282980607,"sku":"9798223452522","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transitions-robert-t-hunting-9798223452522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}