{"product_id":"9780983247180","title":"How to Get into the Twin Palms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Waclawiak's novel reinvents the immigration story. \u003ci\u003eHow to Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/i\u003e movingly portrays a protagonist intent on both creating and destroying herself, on burning brightly even as she goes up in smoke.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The novel is beautifully written and so suffused with loneliness it makes you ache. Not only is \u003ci\u003eHow to Get into the Twin Palms\u003c\/i\u003e about the overwhelming state that is displacement, it's about what happens when loneliness becomes unbearable. Waclawiak writes through these tensions so elegantly, so tenderly, that \u003ci\u003eHow to Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/i\u003e is, by far, one of my favorite books this year.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Masked by scenes of schmancy nightlife is a story about an immigrant wanting to belong. Barely getting by in LA on bingo-calling, Anya reinvents herself. With hair dye and a push-up bra, she tries to gain entry into the Twin Palms nightclub.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A taut debut... [that] strikes with the creeping suddenness of a brush fire.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (*starred*)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Get Into the Twin Palms\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Anya, a young woman living alone in a Russian neighborhood in Los Angeles, who struggles to retain her parents’ Polish culture while trying to assimilate into her newly adopted community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnya stalks the nearby Twin Palms nightclub, the pinnacle of exclusivity in the Russian community. Desperate not only to gain entrance into the club but to belong there, Anya begins a perilous pursuit for Lev, a Russian gangster who frequents the seemingly impenetrable world of the Twin Palms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarolina Waclawiak \u003c\/b\u003ereceived her MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. She is Deputy Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e and lives and writes in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017603563760,"sku":"9780983247180","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983247180_p0.jpg?v=1763882870","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983247180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}