{"product_id":"9781609456450","title":"My Grandmother's Braid","description":"\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hottest Dishes Of The Tartar Cuisine \u003c\/i\u003e“a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience” (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax lives with his grandparents in a residential home for refugees in Germany. When his grandmother—a terrifying, stubborn matriarch and a former Russian primadonna—moved them from the Motherland it was in search of a better life. But she is not at all pleased with how things are run in Germany: the doctors and teachers are incompetent, the food is toxic, and the Germans are generally untrustworthy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis grandmother has been telling Max that he is an incompetent, clueless weakling since he was a child and she’d spend the day sitting in the back of his classroom to be sure he came to no harm. While he may be a dolt in his grandmother's eyes, Max is bright enough to notice that his stoic and taciturn grandfather has fallen hopelessly in love with their neighbor, Nina. When a child is born to Nina that is the spitting image of Max’s grandfather, things come to a hilarious if dramatic head. Everybody will have to learn to defend themselves from Max’s all-powerful grandmother. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlina Bronsky writes of family dysfunction and machinations with a droll and biting humor, a tremendous ear for dialog, and a generous heart that is forgiving of human weakness. While Max’s grandmother recalls the outrageously nasty Rosa from Bronsky’s best-selling book, The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, this is a more tender and moving family portrait. Here the best-selling and internationally renowned author, while never abandoning her trademark and razor-sharp wit, tells a family story through a young boy’s eyes. Max, over the course of the story, will appreciate that people’s questionable behaviour may often be motivated by sadness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Irony, subtle humor, fascinating characters. A book that, after you finish it, you immediately want to start to read again.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuttgarter Zeitung\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Uplifting, surprising, spot on.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNDR Radio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037526966512,"sku":"9781609456450","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609456450_p0.jpg?v=1763839117","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609456450","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}