{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-names-paperback","title":"The Meaning of Names - 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\u003eKaren Shoemaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2014 \u003cem\u003eOMAHA READS\u003c\/em\u003e SELECTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2016 \u003cem\u003eONE BOOK, ONE NEBRASKA\u003c\/em\u003e WINNER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStuart, Nebraska is a long way from the battlefields of Western Europe, but it is not immune to the horrors of the first Great War for Peace. Like all communities, it has lost sons and daughters to the fighting, with many more giving themselves over to the hatred only war can engender.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in 1918 in the farm country at the heart of America, \u003cem\u003eThe Meaning of Names\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an ordinary woman trying to raise a family during extraordinary times. Estranged from her parents because she married against their will, confronted with violence and prejudice against her people, and caught up in the midst of the worst plague the world has ever seen, Gerda Vogel, an American of German descent, must find the strength to keep her family safe from the effects of a war that threatens to consume the whole world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Gettert Shoemaker is the author of \u003ci\u003eNight Sounds and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Awards for her writing include a Nebraska Press Association Award for Feature Writing, two Independent Artist Fellowship Awards from the Nebraska Arts Council, and a Nebraska Book Award for Short Fiction. Her work has been published in a variety of newspapers and journals, including \u003ci\u003eThe London Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKalliope\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe South Dakota Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and anthologized in \u003ci\u003eA Different Plain: Contemporary Nebraska Fiction Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes of Sorrow\/Times of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Untidy Season\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a faculty mentor with the University of Nebraska's MFA in Writing Program. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she and her husband own and operate Shoemaker's Truck Stop and Travel Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.44 x 5.63 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537557877043,"sku":"9781597099592","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OGlxbldPYlpsOXNNRXdZcVV5dmhsZz09.webp?v=1760813887","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-meaning-of-names-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}