{"product_id":"house-on-endless-waters-paperback","title":"HOUSE ON ENDLESS WATERS (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Elon powerfully evokes the obscurity of the past and its hold on the present as we stumble through revelation after revelation with Yoel. As we accompany him on his journey…we share in his loss, surprise, and grief, right up to the novel’s shocking conclusion.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Bridge \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Ink\u003c\/i\u003e, “a vibrant, page-turning family mystery” (Jennifer Cody Epstein, author of \u003ci\u003eWunderland\u003c\/i\u003e) about a writer who discovers the truth about his mother’s wartime years in Amsterdam, unearthing a shocking secret that becomes the subject of his magnum opus.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to visit his birthplace of Amsterdam to promote his books, despite promising his late mother that he would never return to that city. While touring the Jewish Historical Museum with his wife, Yoel stumbles upon footage portraying prewar Dutch Jewry and is astonished to see the youthful face of his beloved mother staring back at him, posing with his father, his older sister…and an infant he doesn’t recognize. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis unsettling discovery launches him into a fervent search for the truth, shining a light on Amsterdam’s dark wartime history—the underground networks that hid Jewish children away from danger and those who betrayed their own for the sake of survival. The deeper into the past Yoel digs up, the better he understands his mother’s silence, and the more urgent the question that has unconsciously haunted him for a lifetime—\u003ci\u003eWho am I?\u003c\/i\u003e—becomes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart family mystery, part wartime drama, \u003ci\u003eHouse on Endless Waters\u003c\/i\u003e is “a rewarding meditation on survival” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) and a “deeply immersive achievement that brings to life stories that must never be forgotten” (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Elon, Emuna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337298800914,"sku":"9781982130237","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/9781982130237_71506.jpg?v=1780515869","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/house-on-endless-waters-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}