{"product_id":"9781805332435","title":"Fall, Bomb, Fall by Gerrit Kouwenaar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Warm, funny, devastating. Kouwenaar captures your heart then cracks it like a nut' Alice Chadwick, author of Dark Like Under\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Karel has been dreaming for something, anything, to shake up his humdrum existence. Soon his wish will be granted?.????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Hitler launches an invasion of the Netherlands,?? Karel ?is almost killed in an air raid and falls in love for the first time, with a Jewish girl. But the bliss this passion brings is short lived, as his new love and her mother are forced to flee for their lives before the Nazi advance...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired partly by Kouwenaar's own experiences under occupation, this rediscovered literary gem tells a heart-breaking, witty and deeply empathetic story of a teenager's coming-of-age at the outbreak of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55897630474613,"sku":"9781805332435","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805332435.jpg?v=1757001550","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781805332435","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}