{"product_id":"the-most-precious-of-cargoes-9780062981790b","title":"The Most Precious of Cargoes","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet during the height of World War II, a powerful and unsettling tale about a woodcutter and his wife, who finds a mysterious parcel thrown from a passing train.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile foraging for food, the wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, \u003ci\u003eThe Most Precious of Cargoes\u003c\/i\u003e is a fable about family and redemption which reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.","brand":"HarperCollins Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42822054510672,"sku":"9780062981790B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780062981790-l.jpg?v=1785886297","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-most-precious-of-cargoes-9780062981790b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}