{"product_id":"birds-without-wings","title":"Birds Without Wings","description":"\u003cp\u003eBirds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century — a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar away from these small lives, a man of destiny who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is emerging to create a country from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape the whole region forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44993334083784,"sku":"BKPB10104165","price":7.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/2034\/0168\/files\/Birds_Without_Wings.jpg?v=1772655064","url":"https:\/\/theblossomingbookshop.com\/products\/birds-without-wings","provider":"The Blossoming Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}