{"product_id":"baba-dunjas-last-love-9781609453336","title":"Baba Dunja's Last Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA defiant woman and her colorful neighbors reclaim their homes in Chernobyl in this \"enthralling story of humor, tragedy, and triumph\" (\u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere may be government warnings about radiation levels in her hometown of Tschernowo--also known as Chernobyl--but Baba Dunja has returned. And she's brought a motley bunch of her former neighbors with her. With the town largely to themselves, and lots of strangely misshapen fruit, they have everything they need to start anew.\u003cbr\u003eThe terminally ill Petrov passes the time reading love poems in his hammock; Marja takes up with the almost 100-year-old Sidorow; Baba Dunja whiles away her days writing letters to her daughter. Life is beautiful. But then a stranger turns up in the village, and once again the little idyllic settlement faces annihilation.\u003cbr\u003eFrom Alina Bronsky, the acclaimed Russian-born German author of \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass Park\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine\u003c\/i\u003e, comes the story of a post-meltdown settlement and an unusual woman who finds her version of paradise late in life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRussian-born \u003cb\u003eAlina Bronksy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass Park\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2010); \u003ci\u003eThe Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2011), named a Best Book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eJust Call Me Superhero\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2014).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676595818770,"sku":"9781609453336","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fb2e58d5-6bd8-4453-b022-a1daf75ec708.jpg?v=1733883722","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/baba-dunjas-last-love-9781609453336","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}