{"id":1198,"date":"2019-05-21T13:51:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T19:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2019-05-21T13:51:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T19:51:57","slug":"when-we-were-brave-by-karla-m-jay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=1198","title":{"rendered":"When We Were Brave by Karla M. Jay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1199\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=1199\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/when-we-were-brave.jpg?fit=1903%2C2775&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1903,2775\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"when we were brave\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/when-we-were-brave.jpg?fit=702%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1199\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/when-we-were-brave.jpg?resize=250%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"when we were brave.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">A powerful evocation of the everyday horrors faced by holocaust victims\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">When We Were Brave is a vivid, heart-wrenching portrayal of holocaust years, as innocent victims grapple with loss, loneliness, and longing while the English and American forces fight against Nazi army. Set against the backdrop of World War II, this hefty volume portrays sufferings of holocaust victims both at the hands of Nazis and governments\u2019 ruthless policies and is a challenging in its length (400 + pages) as well as subject. The story is told from the perspective of three protagonists whose lives become entwined. The narrative is gripping and skillfully paced, and Jay\u2019s depiction of her characters\u2019 inner turmoil, hopes, fears, and mental anguish stir the reader&#8217;s heart. With complex characters and intricate plotting, Jay delivers a heart-wrenching, engrossing historical read. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">When We Were Brave <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">by Karla M. Jay<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07QHGVPPN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">Book Circle Press<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">PUB DATE April 6, 2019<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">ISBN 9780578477077<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;\">PRICE $15.95 (USD)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A powerful evocation of the everyday horrors faced by holocaust victims\u2026 When We Were Brave is a vivid, heart-wrenching portrayal of holocaust years, as innocent victims grapple with loss, loneliness, and longing while the English and American forces fight against Nazi army. Set against the backdrop of World War II, this hefty volume portrays sufferings of holocaust victims both at the hands of Nazis and governments\u2019 ruthless policies and is a challenging in its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56739],"tags":[91,460,3328,178,92732,1008073,856121,309],"class_list":["post-1198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-reviews","tag-blogging","tag-blogs","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-historical-fiction","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-jk","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1200,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}