{"product_id":"vera-or-faith-9798217083664","title":"Vera, or Faith","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant, sharp-eyed, and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter, by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOur Country Friends\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pull up a beach chair: The book of the summer is here. . . . A poignant \u003ci\u003eHarriet the Spy\u003c\/i\u003e-esque delight.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (Book of the Week)\u003cbr\u003e\"Genius . . . [a] miracle.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A novel you can read in one sitting that will stay with you forever.\"--Karen Russell \u003cbr\u003e\"Very funny, very sad, very sharp, and completely delightful.\"--Elif Batuman\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant fable about childhood, and so much more, in our broken country.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shteyngart is one of the best comedians in literature today.\"--\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Bustle, Vulture, Town \u0026amp; Country, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Book Riot, Publishers Weekly, Literary Hub, AV Club, Hey Alma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Bradford-Shmulkin family is falling apart. A very modern blend of Russian, Jewish, Korean, and New England WASP, they love one another deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. There's Daddy, a struggling, cash-thirsty editor whose Russian heritage gives him a surprising new currency in the upside-down world of twenty-first-century geopolitics; his wife, Anne Mom, a progressive, underfunded blue blood from Boston who's barely holding the household together; their son, Dylan, whose blond hair and Mayflower lineage provide him pride of place in the newly forming American political order; and, above all, the young Vera, half-Jewish, half-Korean, and wholly original. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObservant, sensitive, and always writing down new vocabulary words, Vera wants only three things in life: to make a friend at school; Daddy and Anne Mom to stay together; and to meet her birth mother, Mom Mom, who will at last tell Vera the secret of who she really is and how to ensure love's survival in this great, mad, imploding world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth biting and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eVera, or Faith \u003c\/i\u003eis a boldly imagined story of family and country told through the clear and tender eyes of a child. With a nod to \u003ci\u003eWhat Maisie Knew, \u003c\/i\u003eHenry James's classic story of parents, children, and the dark ironies of a rapidly transforming society, \u003ci\u003eVera, or Faith\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates why Shteyngart is, in the words of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \"one of his generation's most exhilarating writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16155081\"\u003eGary Shteyngart\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diversified Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217083664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\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-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Shteyngart\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Leningrad in 1972 and came to the United States seven years later. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Debutante's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eAbsurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review.\u003c\/i\u003e His novel \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and became one of the most iconic novels of the decade. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eLittle Failure, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. His most recent novel is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eOur Country Friends. \u003c\/i\u003eHis books have been published in thirty countries. He lives in New York with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversified Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48453676138733,"sku":"9798217083664","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_623c65d9-dd50-49d6-8d26-162cd6a72c88.jpg?v=1753489793","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/vera-or-faith-9798217083664","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}