{"product_id":"9781250869692","title":"Sourdough (with Bonus Story \"The Suitcase Clone\"): A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a best book of the year by NPR, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the new short story “The Suitcase Clone”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Robin Sloan, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e, comes \u003ci\u003eSourdough\u003c\/i\u003e, “a perfect parable for our times” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea delicious and funny novel about an overworked and undersocialized software engineer discovering a calling and a community as a baker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLois Clary is a software engineer who codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers quickly close up shop, but they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. Lois must keep it alive, they tell her—feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she’s providing loaves daily to her employer’s cafeteria. When the company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer’s market, a whole new world opens up.","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038466851056,"sku":"9781250869692","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250869692_p0.jpg?v=1763704643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250869692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}