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    "description": "<p><em>More Than I Love My</em><em>Life</em> is the story of three strong women: Vera, age ninety; her daughter, Nina; and her granddaughter, Gili, who at thirty-nine is a filmmaker and a wary consumer of affection. A bitter secret divides each mother and daughter pair, though Gili&mdash;abandoned by Nina when she was just three&mdash;has always been close to her grandmother.<br />&nbsp;<br />With Gili making the arrangements, they travel together to Goli Otok, a barren island off the coast of Croatia, where Vera was imprisoned and tortured for three years as a young wife after she refused to betray her husband and denounce him as an enemy of the people. This unlikely journey&mdash;filtered through the lens of Gili&rsquo;s camera, as she seeks to make a film that might help explain her life&mdash;lays bare the intertwining of fear, love, and mercy, and the complex overlapping demands of romantic and parental passion.<br />&nbsp;<br /><em>More Than I Love My</em><em>Life</em> was inspired by the true story of one of David Grossman&rsquo;s longtime confidantes, a woman who, in the early 1950s, was held on the notorious Goli Otok (&ldquo;the Adriatic Alcatraz&rdquo;). With flashbacks to the stalwart Vera protecting what was most precious on the wretched rock where she was held, and Grossman&rsquo;s fearless examination of the human heart, this swift novel is a thrilling addition to the oeuvre of one of our greatest living novelists, whose revered moral voice continues to resonate around the world. </p>",
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