{"product_id":"9781958888360","title":"American Ending","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e pick for spring 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman growing up in a family of Russian immigrants in the 1910s seeks a thoroughly American life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYelena is the first American born to her Old Believer Russian Orthodox \u003cspan\u003eparents, who are building a life in a Pennsylvania Appalachian town. This \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etown, in the first decades of the 20th century, is filled with Russian trans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplants \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand a new church with a dome. Here, boys quit grade school for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecoal mines and girls are married off at fourteen. The young pair up, give \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebirth to more babies than they can feed, and make shaky starts in their new \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworld. However, Yelena craves a different path. Will she find her happy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican ending or will a dreaded Russian ending be her fate?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this immersive novel, Zuravleff weaves Russian fairy tales and fables \u003cspan\u003einto a family saga within the storied American landscape. The challenges \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efacing immigrants—and the fragility of citizenship—are just as unsettling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand surprising today as they were 100 years ago. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ending\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereminder that everything that is happening in America has already \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehappened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Mary Kay Zuravleff","offers":[{"title":"Blair |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-27","offer_id":45663902335231,"sku":"9781958888360","price":27.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/81SKpk72l9L._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1718810701","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781958888360","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}