{"product_id":"what-we-leave-behind-christine-gallagher-kearney-9781647424930","title":"What We Leave Behind","description":"In 1947, war bride Ursula arrives in Minneapolis torn between guilt over leaving loved ones behind and her desire to start a new life--and a family--in this promised land. But the American dream proves elusive--she is struck with polio, and then shocked by the sudden death of her GI husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithout a spouse or the child she so desperately wanted, Ursula must rely on her shrewd survival skills from wartime Berlin, and she takes in a boarder to help make ends meet. She soon falls in love with the Argentinean medical technician living in her spare bedroom, but his devotion to communism troubles her--and when she finds herself pregnant with his child, she is faced with a dilemma: how to reconcile her dream of motherhood with an America that is so different from what she imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Gallagher Kearney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647424933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647424930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2023","brand":"Christine Gallagher Kearney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079841509631,"sku":"9781647424930","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8bd06cac-7f92-4d33-9664-b456d9e923c1.jpg?v=1685483456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-we-leave-behind-christine-gallagher-kearney-9781647424930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}