{"product_id":"escape-from-east-berlin-by-andy-marino-9781761293542","title":"Escape From East Berlin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecember, 1961 - Marta is a young girl who saw thirty miles of barbed wire appear across her city overnight, separating Berlin into West and East – with Marta’s home on the Communist Bloc-controlled eastern side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJanuary, 1989 - Now a spray-painted concrete monolith, the Berlin Wall bisects the city. Kurt, a young East Berliner, often wonders what those living on the other side must think of their unseen neighbours. Do they hate the people of East Germany as completely as Kurt has been instructed to hate them?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by real events, \u003cem\u003eEscape from East Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e tells two stories of daring bids for freedom from the Eastern Bloc, set decades apart and relayed in alternating perspectives. Triumph and tragedy intertwine in this examination of both the earliest and final days of the Berlin Wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47371106779372,"sku":"9781761293542","price":19.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2236573482815.jpg?v=1773211565","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/escape-from-east-berlin-by-andy-marino-9781761293542","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}