{"product_id":"9781665944137-rose-by-the-sea","title":"Rose by the Sea","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Armenian Journey of Courage and Hope\u003cbr\u003eA courageous picture book account of surviving the Armenian Genocide that sparkles with hope and heart even in the midst of unspeakable tragedy, for readers of \u003ci\u003eDreamers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Proudest Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree starred reviews!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the true story of the author’s great-grandmother, this \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e“affectingly gentle” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epicture book about surviving the Armenian Genocide sparkles with hope and heart even amid unspeakable tragedy—perfect for readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Proudest Blue \u003c\/i\u003eand Yuyi Morales’s \u003ci\u003eDreamers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRose is what my parents call me:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDzovinar, their rose by the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDzovinar (“zill-ven-ar”) lives with her family in Armenia, where the hillside is dotted with sheep and the apricot trees bloom every spring. She loves her home—but one day, soldiers storm her village, and she returns to an empty house.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTheir parents gone, Dzovinar and her sister are forced to flee. Afraid and alone, they journey across the desert, then over the ocean: first to France and then to America, where they hope a new future will bloom. Changed but not lost, Dzovinar takes root in a new land…forever a rose by the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57327962128758,"sku":"9781665944137","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40212604.jpg?v=1772685603","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781665944137-rose-by-the-sea","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}