{"product_id":"2940169438529","title":"Girl at War: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eBOOKPAGE,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBOOKLIST, \u003c\/i\u003eAND\u003ci\u003e ELECTRIC LITERATURE\u003c\/i\u003e ¿ ALEX AWARD WINNER ¿ \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK PRIZE FINALIST ¿ LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger's Wife \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerful debut novel about a girl's coming of age-and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri¿ is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia's capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana's idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana's sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she's tried to move on from her past, she can't escape her memories of war-secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country's difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Moving back and forth through time, \u003ci\u003eGirl at War \u003c\/i\u003eis an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi¿ fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl-and its legacy on all of us. It's a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGirl at War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Outstanding . . . \u003ci\u003eGirl at War\u003c\/i\u003e performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editor's Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader's attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature's more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping . . . Novi¿, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived.\"-\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi¿ writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intimate and immense . . . a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important and profoundly moving reading experience.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The National\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable.\"\u003cb\u003e-Julia Glass, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel.\"\u003cb\u003e-Adam Johnson, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual . . . a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind.\"\u003cb\u003e-Gary Shteyngart, author of \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158795141360,"sku":"2940169438529","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169438529_p0.jpg?v=1763682674","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169438529","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}