{"product_id":"the-mare-by-angharad-hampshire","title":"The Mare - Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2025 | Angharad Hampshire","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 170, 255);\"\u003eShortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 170, 255);\"\u003eA Nazi Guard. A Hidden Life. A Past That Refuses to Stay Buried.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe knock on the door changed everything. Until then, we were happy; we knew who we were. 'You've got the wrong person, ' I told him. 'My wife is gentle and kind. She wouldn't hurt a fly.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1939, when she was just nineteen years old, Hermine Braunsteiner applied for a job in a new prison opening near her home. She had heard the pay was better than working on the factory line. The prison was called Ravensbrück.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few months later, the Second World War would break like a wave across Europe. By the time it was over, she had become one of the most notoriously cruel and violent guards in the Nazi death camps. The prisoners nicknamed her the Mare - she was known for kicking her victims to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Hermine disappeared back into civilian life. A few years later she met a US war veteran who was holidaying in Europe. He had no idea who she was. He fell in love with her, married her and brought her back to America, where she lived for years as a well-liked suburban housewife, until one day a tip-off from a Holocaust survivor sent a New York Times journalist to her door, and the questions started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on a true story, The Mare offers a gripping portrait of the descent of ordinary people into inhumanity. And it asks what happens after that nadir. It considers the impossible task of defining justice in the face of a crime which involved everyone, and weighs the moral necessity of reckoning with the truth against the overwhelming urge to look away. Absolutely unflinching and charged with urgent contemporary relevance, The Mare examines how we attempt to justify the unjustifiable - and forgive the unforgivable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/starryferrybooks.com\/search?q=Historical+Fiction\"\u003e歷史小說 ｜ Historical Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/starryferrybooks.com\/search?q=World+War+II\"\u003e二戰小說 ｜ World War II Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/starryferrybooks.com\/search?q=Holocaust\"\u003e猶太大屠殺文學 ｜ Holocaust Literature\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/starryferrybooks.com\/search?q=Literary+Fiction\"\u003e文學小說 ｜ Literary Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/starryferrybooks.com\/search?q=Biographical+Fiction\"\u003e傳記小說 ｜ Biographical Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/starryferrybooks.com\/search?q=War+Crimes\"\u003e戰爭罪行 ｜ War Crimes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/starryferrybooks.com\/search?q=Justice+Morality\"\u003e正義與道德 ｜ Justice \u0026amp; Morality\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angharad Hampshire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51668532166962,"sku":"9781405989541","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/4772\/5106\/files\/9781405989541.jpg?v=1787948053","url":"https:\/\/starryferrybooks.com\/products\/the-mare-by-angharad-hampshire","provider":"Starry Ferry Books 星渡書店","version":"1.0","type":"link"}