{"product_id":"if-you-follow-me-paperback","title":"If You Follow Me - 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\u003eMalena Watrous\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I love, love, love \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf You Follow Me\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e. It's\u003cbr\u003efearlessly honest, occasionally heartbreaking, and extremely funny, and I can't\u003cbr\u003erecommend it highly enough.\" -- Curtis Sittenfeld, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e bestselling\u003cbr\u003eauthor of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrep\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Wife\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Malena Watrous' beautifully\u003cbr\u003ewrought and deftly written debut novel, we meet Marina, a young woman who has\u003cbr\u003ecome to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. For\u003cbr\u003eher, Shika is more than just her home as a \"temporary person.\" It's also an\u003cbr\u003eattempt to escape the reality that has followed her since her father committed\u003cbr\u003esuicide only a year earlier. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarina is a big city girl is in a\u003cbr\u003esmall town filled with off-beat characters, including an ambitious town\u003cbr\u003ematchmaker, a dentist looking for free English lessons, a high school student who\u003cbr\u003eidolizes Western rap artists, and finally Marina's America-obsessed supervisor, \u003cbr\u003eHiro, a town leader whose friendship teaches her more than she ever expected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf You Follow Me\u003c\/em\u003e is\u003cbr\u003eat once a fish-out-of-water tale, a dark comedy of manners, and a strange kind\u003cbr\u003eof love story that explores the tension of being the outsider in an intimate\u003cbr\u003ecommunity and the joy in finding that human nature is the same everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father's suicide, Marina has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as she soon discovers, you can never really throw away your past . . . or anything else, for that matter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf You Follow Me\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a fish-out-of-water tale, a dark comedy of manners, and a strange kind of love story. Alive with vibrant and unforgettable characters--from an ambitious town matchmaker to a high school student-cum-rap artist wannabe with an addiction to self-tanning lotion--it guides readers over cultural bridges even as it celebrates the awkward, unlikely triumph of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e--San Francisco magazine\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father's suicide, Marina has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as she soon discovers, you can never really throw away your past . . . or anything else, for that matter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf You Follow Me\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a fish-out-of-water tale, a dark comedy of manners, and a strange kind of love story. Alive with vibrant and unforgettable characters--from an ambitious town matchmaker to a high school student-cum-rap artist wannabe with an addiction to self-tanning lotion--it guides readers over cultural bridges even as it celebrates the awkward, unlikely triumph of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 7.98 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2010)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51860688503072,"sku":"9780061732850","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/zEAHffc7_-9780061732850.webp?v=1781610212","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-you-follow-me-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}