{"product_id":"splintered-shadows-paperback","title":"Splintered Shadows - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilyn F. Moriarty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome stories are passed down in whispers. Others must be chased through the shadows.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSplintered Shadows: Recovering a French Résistante \u003c\/em\u003eis an unconventional adoptee-search narrative told against the backdrop of World War II. After the War, Andrée married an American serviceman, left France, and carried the story of her earlier life to her grave. Her adoptive daughter, Marilyn Moriarty, was left with only fragments-photographs, names, and unanswered questions hinted at a past far more complicated than it appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoriarty's search begins with a single name on a 1945 photograph and leads her across Europe, uncovering a hidden life shaped by secrecy, imprisonment, and dangerous choices in Nazi-occupied France. As she pieces together her mother's personal and political double lives, the narrative explores pressure faced by women under occupation and the lasting consequences of histories deliberatively concealed. Moving between past and present, \u003cem\u003eSplintered Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful story of discover, reckoning, and making peace with a past inherited but never fully known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50477627572472,"sku":"9781959203155","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/yojgi8m8v_9781959203155.webp?v=1789015897","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/splintered-shadows-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}