{"product_id":"9781466862098","title":"The Priest Fainted: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunning debut about a young Greek-American woman and the history she shares with her mother and grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImam is a recipe known throughout villages in Greece, handed down from mother to daughter. If you come from these villages, your history is passed on through your body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts full name is imam baildi, and it means the priest fainted. Perhaps the priest was given a bit of bitter and sweet pleasure, and the power of everything behind the dish pushed him off his rock, just for a moment. Perhaps, when he was tumbling through the air, sighing with fear and ecstasy, he saw a glimpse of a new life to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLayered with love affairs, family squabbles, poignant misunderstandings, moments of wonder, and more, \u003ci\u003eThe Priest Fainted\u003c\/i\u003e is nothing less than the recipe for a young Greek-American woman's life. Using her imagination and the stories passed through her bones as ingredients, Catherine Temma Davidson uses memories, Greek myths, recipes, and family gossip to uncover a hidden history, which is the story of one woman's year in Greece as it crosses and doubles back over the lives of her mother and grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161242190064,"sku":"9781466862098","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466862098_p0.jpg?v=1769891798","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466862098","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}