{"product_id":"9781429944861","title":"For Rouenna: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most celebrated novelists of her generation, the story of a woman in the Vietnam War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"After my first book was published, I received some letters.\" So begins Sigrid Nunez's haunting novel about the poignant and unusual friendship between a writer and a retired army nurse who seeks her out decades after their childhood in the same housing project. Among the letters the narrator receives is one from a Rouenna Zycinski, recalling their old connection and asking if they can meet.Though fascinated by the stories Rouenna tells about her life as a combat nurse in Vietnam, the narrator flatly declines her request that they collaborate on a memoir. It is only later, in the aftermath of Rouenna's shocking death, that the narrator is drawn to write about her friend--and her friend's war. Writing Rouenna's story becomes all-consuming, at once a necessity and the only consolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Rouenna\u003c\/i\u003e, an unforgettable novel about truth, memory, and unexpected heroism by one of the most gifted writers of her generation, is also a remarkable and surprising new look at war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139278029040,"sku":"9781429944861","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429944861_p0.jpg?v=1769902576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429944861","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}