{"product_id":"9780989735650","title":"Jewish Luck: A True Story of Friendship, Deception, and Risky Business","description":"Jewish Luck recounts the intertwined stories of two women who-in their struggles against the anti-Semitism and patriarchy of the Soviet regime and the rebranded \"New\" Russia-succeed by creating their own luck.\u003cp\u003eTheir sisterhood is kindled when Vera and Alisa grudgingly line up to register for classes at the Institute that produced experts in Marxist-Leninist economics, a field on its way to extinction. For the next three decades, Vera and Alisa fight for their dreams of self-expression and status. To do so they must deprogram their minds of Soviet theory and learn the new language of a free market economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Vera dares to approach author Leslie Adler on a Leningrad corner in 1976, a forbidden friendship is formed. Leslie becomes Vera's confidante and link to the West. With help from her Minneapolis connections, Vera builds a successful business in Russia despite her disdain for her country and the disruption of Russian mafia attacks. In contrast, Alisa secretly escapes the Soviet Union and constructs a life in Sweden from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJewish Luck invites readers to inhabit the lives of two extraordinary and headstrong women as they fight to establish themselves in a time and place where women, Jews, and capitalism were disparaged.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Mine Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035955904752,"sku":"9780989735650","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780989735650_p0.jpg?v=1763892420","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780989735650","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}