{"product_id":"9781453238776","title":"First Papers","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor Stefan and Alexandra Ivarin, who moved from Russia to America nearly twenty years ago, becoming “American” is a lifelong project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eStefan and Alexandra Ivarin emigrated to America at the end of the nineteenth century. Russian Jewish socialists, the Ivarins are now established in a Long Island home designed, somewhat haphazardly, by Stefan. Despite their attempts at assimilation, the Ivarins find themselves still struggling to find a balance between their Russian roots and their American lives, between their past and their future—and those of their children.Based in part upon Hobson’s own childhood, \u003ci\u003eFirst Papers\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender portrait of the tension between embracing a foreign culture full of opportunity while longing for a lost homeland.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155024363760,"sku":"9781453238776","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453238776_p0.jpg?v=1763848940","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453238776","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}