{"product_id":"the-plateau","title":"The Plateau","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the American Library in Paris Book AwardNamed a Best Book of 2019 by BookPageDuring 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?In 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?In 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 Trocm 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. Paxsons 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, The Plateau is a deeply inspiring journey into the central conundrum of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45888334004422,"sku":"DADAX1594634750","price":18.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/81L9lQQRuTL.jpg?v=1779957226","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/the-plateau","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}