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    "description": "Auschwitz, 1943. Ella tries to ignore the coughs and crying, the whispered prayers. Her eyelids grow heavier, but then a melody floats though the block as if on a breeze. Her lips open on a gasp, joy making her heart sing even as it shatters. She would know that voice anywhere\u2026\n\nSitting bolt upright, Ella rubs at her eyes and concentrates on the music. Is she dreaming? She\u2019d fallen for Luka\u2019s voice the first time she heard him singing on the street corner near her house, with his kind smile and joyous laugh. He was her first love, and the pain of being torn apart still slices at her.\n\nHe\u2019s alive. But even as hope swells in Ella\u2019s heart, terror threatens to swallow it. Luka is Jewish. If he\u2019s here, he\u2019s in grave danger\u2014even more than Ella faces for sneaking into the ghetto to see him back in Warsaw\u2026 But she will never regret it. They had fought every day for their love, even knowing where it might lead\u2026\n\nDespair tears at Ella as she battles to find the strength to keep going, to search for Luka even on the days when the bitter cold whips through the camp\u2014the days when her body feels weaker than ever and her friends are lost to the cruel regime. At night, she listens desperately for the sound of Luka\u2019s voice as he\u2019s forced to perform. Knowing he\u2019s still alive even if she can\u2019t see him is the one thing that brings her peace.\n\nUntil one night when, as his first haunting notes reach her bunk, an angry shout splits the night sky, the music stops, and there is only resounding, terrifying silence\u2026\n\nA beautiful, heartbreaking yet hopeful story that will restore your faith in humanity and in the power of love to triumph over evil. Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Nightingale and The Choice will be blown away by this gripping page-turner.",
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