{"product_id":"9789949907656","title":"My Estonia 2","description":"The year was 2003, the country Estonia. Great changes were blowing across this small land perched in the fringes of the north - a vote to join a union of European nations, a blizzard of Western consumerism, a feverish demand for real estate. Bankrolled by Scandinavian moneymen, it promised to draw a sheet over the corpse of the socialist economy and make everything shiny and new. \u003cp\u003eWhile Estonia pondered its fate as a new member of the glittering West, I wrestled with my own fate as a husband and father to be, at the age of 23. I had been drawn to northern Europe by its gem-like allure but now had to deal with the permanence of my decisions. I was being pulled apart, tugged back and forth between this land of forest people who were hard to befriend and the needs of my own big Italian-American family. As the days grew crushingly short and the polar night set in, a tense debate between destiny and free will stormed within me. Was this what I had wanted?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Petrone Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065730285808,"sku":"9789949907656","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789949907656_p0.jpg?v=1763694968","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789949907656","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}