{"title":"Sarah Loudin Thomas","description":"Sarah Loudin Thomas is the ECPA bestselling author of numerous acclaimed novels and winner of the 2021 Selah Book of the Year and of the 2015 INSPY Award. She has worked in public relations for Biltmore Estate and was the founding director of Jan Karon's Mitford Museum. She now divides her time between writing and leading a ministry serving foster and adoptive families. Learn more at SarahLoudinThomas.com.","products":[{"product_id":"these-blue-mountains-paperback","title":"These Blue Mountains - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGerman pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. 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