{"product_id":"my-grandmothers-braid-paperback","title":"My Grandmother's Braid - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlina Bronsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Mohr\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768820826400,"sku":"9781609456450","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6218c032e471df31972191960bb671cf.webp?v=1780338166","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-grandmothers-braid-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}