{"product_id":"9781647424930-what-we-leave-behind","title":"What We Leave Behind","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrsula comes to Minneapolis from Germany in 1947 hoping for a new start with her American GI husband—but the American dream proves more elusive than she imagined it to be.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. Without 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55178040967542,"sku":"9781647424930","price":14.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38847400_15923f0c-6cb9-4195-92dd-e8a044dbb240.jpg?v=1764391621","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781647424930-what-we-leave-behind","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}