{"product_id":"the-girl-from-berlin-paperback","title":"The Girl from Berlin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald H. Balson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald H. Balson's\u003ci\u003e The Girl from Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the Book Club category for the 2018 National Jewish Book Award. In this new novel, Liam and Catherine come to the aid of an old friend and are drawn into a property dispute in Tuscany that unearths long-buried secrets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn old friend calls Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart to his famous Italian restaurant to enlist their help. His aunt is being evicted from her home in the Tuscan hills by a powerful corporation claiming they own the deeds, even though she can produce her own set of deeds to her land. Catherine and Liam's only clue is a bound handwritten manuscript, entirely in German, and hidden in its pages is a story long-forgotten... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAda Baumgarten was born in Berlin in 1918, at the end of the war. The daughter of an accomplished first-chair violinist in the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic, and herself a violin prodigy, Ada's life was full of the rich culture of Berlin's interwar society. She formed a deep attachment to her childhood friend Kurt, but they were torn apart by the growing unrest as her Jewish family came under suspicion. As the tides of history turned, it was her extraordinary talent that would carry her through an unraveling society turned to war, and make her a target even as it saved her, allowing her to move to Bologna--though Italy was not the haven her family had hoped, and further heartache awaited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat became of Ada? How is she connected to the conflicting land deeds of a small Italian villa? As they dig through the layers of lies, corruption, and human evil, Catherine and Liam uncover an unfinished story of heart, redemption, and hope--the ending of which is yet to be written.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRONALD H. BALSON is a Chicago trial attorney, an educator, and writer. His practice has taken him to several international venues. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Trust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKarolina's Twins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaving Sophie\u003c\/i\u003e, and the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eOnce We Were Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761005723936,"sku":"9781250195258","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8a56494e1ce298a52d7c7d9421a19773.webp?v=1780196895","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-girl-from-berlin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}