{"product_id":"hc-dj-3902","title":"The Plateau by Maggie Paxson (HC\/DJ)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the American Library in Paris Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2019 by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBookPage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers—mostly children—as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers, mostly Jewish children. Was this a fluke of history, or something more? Anthropologist Maggie Paxson, certainties shaken by years of studying strife, arrives on the Plateau to explore this phenomenon: What are the traits that make a group choose selflessness? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this beautiful, wind-blown place, Paxson discovers a tradition of offering refuge that dates back centuries. But it is the story of a distant relative that provides the beacon for which she has been searching. Restless and idealistic, Daniel Trocmé had found a life of meaning and purpose—or it found him—sheltering a group of children on the Plateau, until the Holocaust came for him, too. Paxson's journey into past and present turns up new answers, new questions, and a renewed faith in the possibilities for us all, in an age when global conflict has set millions adrift. Riveting, multilayered, and intensely personal, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Plateau\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a deeply inspiring journey into the central conundrum of our time.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\" class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Friends of the St Mary's County Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381407203577,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/5806\/6334\/files\/101_6943.jpg?v=1770077936","url":"https:\/\/folstmarys.com\/products\/hc-dj-3902","provider":"Friends of the St Mary's County Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}