{"product_id":"2940170069064","title":"Let Me Explain You: A Novel","description":"A \"big, rollicking, tender novel with a truly original comic voice at its center\" (George Saunders), \u003ci\u003eLet Me Explain You\u003c\/i\u003e is about a Greek American family and its patriarch¿part Zorba, part King Lear¿and announces the arrival of a significant new voice in contemporary literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLet Me Explain\u003c\/i\u003e You begins with a letter: Stavros Stavros Mavrakis, Greek immigrant and proud owner of the Gala Diner in New Jersey, believes he has just ten days left to live. He sends a scathing email to his estranged ex-wife and three grown daughters, outlining his wishes for how they each might better their lives. He then prepares for his final hours and wonders why he is alone. With varying degrees of laughter and scorn, his family and friends have dismissed his behavior as nothing more than a predictable plea for attention, but when Stavros really does disappear, those closest to him are forced to confront the possibility of his death and the realities of their loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A vibrant tour de force told from multiple perspectives and driving to a surprising conclusion, \u003ci\u003eLet Me Explain You\u003c\/i\u003e eulogizes Stavros Stavros, turning in part on his realization that a man spends his whole life trying to say it better, while giving necessary voice to the women in his life. This multigenerational novel explores our origins and family myths, reinvention and forgiveness, hunger and what feeds us. \u003ci\u003eLet Me Explain You\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully told, heartfelt story, and its meditations on the communal power of storytelling and family most notably the relationship between fathers and daughters, but also the complex bond of sisterhood are at turns hilarious and deeply moving.","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117143310576,"sku":"2940170069064","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170069064_p0.jpg?v=1763701195","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170069064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}