{"product_id":"mimi-and-maurice-a-novel-based-on-a-true-story-hardcover","title":"Mimi and Maurice: A Novel, Based on a True Story - Hardcover","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\u003eJo Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetween San Francisco and Belgian Congo, between war and silence . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1936. Mimi lives in San Francisco, in a house she shares with her father and sister, writing letters to Maurice-a distant cousin she has never met. Maurice is in Belgian Congo, settling the estates of Europeans who die far from home. They have no shared memories, only paper, ink, and the weeks it takes a letter to arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey write. For years. Three hundred and eighty-two letters survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween us, an ocean, two continents, and the stubborn mathematics of distance. Marry me, Mimi. It's all I want.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey become engaged and are set to meet in Belgium in May of 1940. Then the war comes. Maurice vanishes into the Resistance-imprisoned, interrogated, forced into an irrevocable choice. At home, Mimi endures years of silence and uncertainty, learning photography-Maurice's great passion-to see the world through his eyes while waiting for letters that never arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from their real correspondence, \u003cem\u003eMimi and Maurice\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a love written in full-and of what survives the silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 382\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54090088317235,"sku":"9781962504089","price":46.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/3RLT7WEF8X9781962504089.webp?v=1789599396","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/mimi-and-maurice-a-novel-based-on-a-true-story-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}