{"product_id":"the-fortunate-ones-9780062382498","title":"The Fortunate Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA BOOKLIST BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne very special work of art--a Chaim Soutine painting--will connect the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in this enthralling and transporting debut novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1939 in Vienna, and as the specter of war darkens Europe, Rose Zimmer's parents are desperate. Unable to get out of Austria, they manage to secure passage for their young daughter on a kindertransport, and send her to live with strangers in England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix years later, the war finally over, a grief-stricken Rose attempts to build a life for herself. Alone in London, devastated, she cannot help but try to search out one piece of her childhood: the Chaim Soutine painting her mother had cherished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany years later, the painting finds its way to America. In modern-day Los Angeles, Lizzie Goldstein has returned home for her father's funeral. Newly single and unsure of her path, she also carries a burden of guilt that cannot be displaced. Years ago, as a teenager, Lizzie threw a party at her father's house with unexpected but far-reaching consequences. The Soutine painting that she loved and had provided lasting comfort to her after her own mother had died was stolen, and has never been recovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting will bring Lizzie and Rose together and ignite an unexpected friendship, eventually revealing long-held secrets that hold painful truths. Spanning decades and unfolding in crystalline, atmospheric prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Fortunate Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting story of longing, devastation, and forgiveness, and a deep examination of the bonds and desires that map our private histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUmansky, Ellen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEllen Umansky has published fiction and nonfiction in a variety of venues, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Salon, Playboy, \u003c\/em\u003e and the short story anthologies \u003cem\u003eLost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSleepaway: Writings on Summer Camp.\u003c\/em\u003eShe has worked in the editorial departments of \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eForward, Tablet, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker. \u003c\/em\u003eShe grew up in Los Angeles, and now lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50904301895954,"sku":"9780062382498","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69b1da5f-d1a9-4d23-9ea7-a4e7c9f3bab5.jpg?v=1738513419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fortunate-ones-9780062382498","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}