{"product_id":"our-american-friend-9781982158965","title":"Our American Friend","description":"\u003cb\u003eA globe-spanning thriller of love and betrayal about a mysterious first lady with an explosive secret.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis, 1974. Lara Orlov and her family arrive from Moscow at the height of the Cold War, thanks to her father's position as a diplomat. The years pass, and Lara becomes more and more enamored with the City of Lights. As a teenager in Paris, she falls deeply in love with a fellow Russian expat: the passionate, intellectual Sasha, who opens her eyes to the ills of the Soviet Union. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades later and across the globe, journalist Sofie Morse is taking some much-needed time off after several chaotic years covering Washington politics. But when she gets a call from the office of First Lady Lara Caine, her curiosity is piqued. Sofie, like the rest of the world, knows little about Lara--only that she was born in Soviet Russia and raised in Paris before marrying Henry Caine, the brash future president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter decades of silence, Lara is finally ready to speak candidly about her past: about her father's work for the KGB and about her ill-fated relationship with Sasha--which may be long in the past, but which could have explosive ramifications for the future. As Sofie begins to write Lara's biography, she can't help but wonder: Why is Lara revealing such sensitive information? And why now? Caught in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, both Lara and Sofie must ask themselves what really matters--and confront their own power to upend the global political order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Pitoniak is the author of \u003ci\u003eOur American Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Necessary People\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Futures.\u003c\/i\u003e Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in book publishing, including as a senior editor at Random House. Anna grew up in Whistler, British Columbia. She graduated from Yale and lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642134565138,"sku":"9781982158965","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d581969-e65e-4692-81a7-5bcedb920464.jpg?v=1733058568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/our-american-friend-9781982158965","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}