{"product_id":"bureau-of-unknown-fates","title":"The Bureau of Unknown Fates","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Gripping, poetic' Gwen Strauss, author of The Nine\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'An unforgettable read' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Sometimes when you are looking for the dead, you find the living.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;When Irène joins the International Tracing Service, she becomes consumed by a singular obsession: returning the belongings confiscated from concentration camp prisoners to their families.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;A faded cloth doll. A medallion. An embroidered handkerchief. Each object holds a story - and behind each one, a life waiting to be pieced back together.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;As Irène traces the owners through fragments of evidence, she reconstructs their final days and discovers that even in the darkest chapter of history, humanity endured.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The Bureau of Unknown Fates is a devastating and beautiful novel about history, memory and survival as one woman helps connect families across generations to the ones they have lost.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;u\u0026gt;Winner of the 2023 Grand Prix RTL-Lire Fiction Award\u0026lt;\/u\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487819637109,"sku":"9781786583703","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781786583703.jpg?v=1786355043","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/bureau-of-unknown-fates","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}