{"product_id":"the-girl-in-the-blue-beret-paperback","title":"The Girl in the Blue Beret - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBobbie Ann Mason\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the wartime experiences of her father-in-law, Bobbie Ann Mason has crafted the haunting and profoundly moving story of an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe, and his wrenching odyssey of discovery, decades later, as he uncovers the truth about those who helped him escape in 1944. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At twenty-three, Marshall Stone was a confident, cocksure U.S. flyboy stationed in England, with several bombing raids in a B-17 under his belt. But when enemy fighters forced his plane to crash-land in a Belgian field during a mission to Germany, Marshall had to rely solely on the kindness of ordinary Belgian and French citizens to help him hide from and evade the Nazis. Decades later, restless and at the end of his career as an airline pilot, Marshall returns to the crash site and finds himself drawn back in time, unable to stop thinking about the people who risked their lives to save Allied pilots like him. Most of all, he is obsessed by the girl in the blue beret, a courageous young woman who protected and guided him in occupied Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Framed in spellbinding, luminous prose, Marshall's search for her gradually unfolds, becoming a voyage of discovery that reveals truths about himself and the people he knew during the war. Deeply beautiful and impossible to put down, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Blue Beret \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ean unforgettable story--intimate, affecting, exquisite--of memories, second chances, and one intrepid girl who risked it all for a stranger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBobbie Ann Mason\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShiloh and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Atomic Romance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNancy Culpepper\u003c\/i\u003e, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eClear Springs\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the winner of the PEN\/Hemingway Award, two Southern Book Awards, and numerous other prizes, including the O. Henry and the Pushcart. She was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. She is writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky.\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 0.83 x 8 x 5.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753189114144,"sku":"9780812978872","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d7200695f33a8553fcf14a9ce81e5a0c.webp?v=1780014738","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-girl-in-the-blue-beret-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}