{"product_id":"my-grandmothers-braid-9781609456450","title":"My Grandmother's Braid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Hottest Dishes Of The Tartar Cuisine \u003c\/em\u003e\"a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax lives with his grandparents in a residential home for refugees in Germany. When his grandmother--a terrifying, stubborn matriarch and a former Russian primadonna--moved them from the Motherland it was in search of a better life. But she is not at all pleased with how things are run in Germany: the doctors and teachers are incompetent, the food is toxic, and the Germans are generally untrustworthy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis grandmother has been telling Max that he is an incompetent, clueless weakling since he was a child and she'd spend the day sitting in the back of his classroom to be sure he came to no harm. While he may be a dolt in his grandmother's eyes, Max is bright enough to notice that his stoic and taciturn grandfather has fallen hopelessly in love with their neighbor, Nina. When a child is born to Nina that is the spitting image of Max's grandfather, things come to a hilarious if dramatic head. Everybody will have to learn to defend themselves from Max's all-powerful grandmother. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlina Bronsky writes of family dysfunction and machinations with a droll and biting humor, a tremendous ear for dialog, and a generous heart that is forgiving of human weakness. While Max's grandmother recalls the outrageously nasty Rosa from Bronsky's best-selling book, The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, this is a more tender and moving family portrait. Here the best-selling and internationally renowned author, while never abandoning her trademark and razor-sharp wit, tells a family story through a young boy's eyes. Max, over the course of the story, will appreciate that people's questionable behaviour may often be motivated by sadness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Irony, subtle humor, fascinating characters. A book that, after you finish it, you immediately want to start to read again.\"--\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStuttgarter Zeitung\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Uplifting, surprising, spot on.\"--\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNDR Radio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13546733\"\u003eAlina Bronsky\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609456450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609456459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlina Bronksy\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eBroken Glass Park\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2010); \u003cem\u003eThe Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine \u003c\/em\u003e(Europa, 2011), named a Best Book of 2011 by \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eJust Call Me Superhero\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2014), and \u003cem\u003eBaba Dunja's Last Love\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2016). Born in Yekaterinburg, an industrial town at the foot of the Ural Mountains in central Russia, Bronsky now lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684792439021,"sku":"9781609456450","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e5e798a5-7681-46bb-91eb-0428ab5d9df0.jpg?v=1649758861","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/my-grandmothers-braid-9781609456450","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}