{"product_id":"the-most-precious-of-cargoes","title":"The Most Precious of Cargoes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent small book to read urgently' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOnce upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOn a train crossing the forest, a Jewish father holds his twin children. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWhile foraging for food, the woodcutter's wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be pursued, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her own. . .\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSet against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, \u003ci\u003eThe Most Precious of Cargoes\u003c\/i\u003e, translated from French by Frank Wynne, is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption, a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jean-Claude Grumberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67796117258521,"sku":"9781529019582","price":99.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/7844\/9945\/files\/355224_616d8b17966248.42913184_9781529019582.jpg?v=1791943626","url":"https:\/\/bigbadbooksale.co.za\/products\/the-most-precious-of-cargoes","provider":"bigbadbooksale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}