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Coming to know Ausma and the trauma of her exile to Siberia under Stalin, and her grandfather's own complex history, Inara pieces together Livija's survival through the years as a refugee. Weaving these two parts of the family story together in spellbinding, lyrical prose, she gives us a profound and cathartic account of loss, survival, resilience and love.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49518536884497,"sku":"GOR010023347","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1782274316.jpg?v=1777630307"},{"product_id":"among-the-living-and-the-dead-book-inara-verzemnieks-9780393245110","title":"Among the Living and the Dead","description":"Extraordinarily tender and finely wrought.  Eliza Griswold, author of The Tenth Parallel","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49519259386129,"sku":"GOR009050785","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50350591443217,"sku":"CIN039324511XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50406991659281,"sku":"CIN039324511XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50913534705937,"sku":"GOR014119127","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52104018952465,"sku":"CIN039324511XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52815617163537,"sku":"CIN039324511XLN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/039324511X.jpg?v=1751260241"},{"product_id":"among-the-living-and-the-dead-book-inara-verzemnieks-9781782274292","title":"Among the Living and the Dead","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerfully toldmemoir of family, separation, and the things left unsaid, in the wake of theSecond World War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaised by her grandparents i theUSA, Inara Verzemnieks grew up among expatriates, scattering smuggled Latviansand over the coffins of the dead, singing folk songs about a land she hadnever visited. 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