{"product_id":"mother-country-paperback-1","title":"Mother Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIrina Reyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStarred reviews from \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Irina Reyn explores what it means to be a mother in a world where you can't be with your child \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNadia's daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler's insecure mother; and as an ethnic Russian, she finds herself feuding with western Ukrainian immigrants who think she is a traitor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe war back home is always at the forefront of her reality. On television, Vladimir Putin speaks of the \"reunification\" of Crimea and Russia, the Ukrainian president makes unconvincing promises about a united Ukraine, while American politicians are divided over the fear of immigration. Nadia internalizes notions of \"union\" all around her, but the one reunion she has been waiting six years for - with her beloved daughter - is being eternally delayed by the Department of Homeland Security. When Nadia finds out that her daughter has lost access to the medicine she needs to survive, she takes matters into her own hands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Country \u003c\/i\u003eis Irina Reyn's most emotionally complex, urgent novel yet. It is a story of mothers and daughters and, above all else, resilience.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrina Reyn is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Happened to Anna K \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Imperial Wife\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eLiving on the Edge of the World: New Jersey Writers Take on the Garden State\u003c\/i\u003e. She has reviewed books for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Forward, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOne Story, Tin House, Ploughshares, Town \u0026amp; Country Travel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches fiction writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263451414777,"sku":"9781250300898","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/jl9Ioa4jIK9781250300898.webp?v=1768818633","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mother-country-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}