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    "description": "A heartbreaking World War Two tale, The Note is about lost loves and long-buried secrets, desperate decisions\u2013\u2013and the consequences that cannot be escaped\u2026\n\nAuschwitz, 1942: On a warm summer\u2019s day in Paris, Jozef and his beloved wife Adi are captured by the Nazis after going on the run. Forced onto a train with countless others, they spend days travelling to Auschwitz. They are torn from each other, stripped of belongings, their arms inked with prison numbers. In the death camp, their days are numbered\u2013\u2013will they ever see each other again?\n\n1953, South Carolina: On the night of her thirteenth birthday, the air as sticky as honey, Alice is woken up by the ear-splitting sound of sirens. The body of a teenage girl, Nancy, has been found in the lake.\n\nSuspicion falls on Jozef, a German refugee who now lives in the small town. When one of Alice\u2019s friends breaks a window in his house, Alice is wracked with guilt. She writes a note apologizing\u2013\u2013a note that changes everything.\n\nAs Alice and Jozef form a friendship, Jozef opens ups about his painful past: he is an Auschwitz survivor. Hearing about the desperate choices people were forced to make, and the hunt for freedom amongst so much heartbreak, Alice starts to see her own life\u2013\u2013and the death of her friend\u2013\u2013in a new light.\n\nAs their bond deepens, Alice uncovers Jozef\u2019s secret\u2013\u2013one that has followed him from Auschwitz, and could now shatter Alice\u2019s world. When a long-awaited storm breaks the suffocating heatwave, the truth finally comes out, and Alice\u2019s life will never be the same again\u2026\n\nAn incredibly gripping and tearjerking page-turner perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, When We Were Yours and We Were the Lucky Ones.",
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