{"title":"Irina Reyn","description":"IRINA REYN is the author of What Happened to Anna K: A Novel. She is also the editor of the anthology Living on the Edge of the World: New Jersey Writers Take on the Garden State. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in One Story, Tin House, Town \u0026amp; Country Travel, and Poets \u0026amp; Writers. 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Vivacious thirty-seven-year-old Anna K. is comfortably married to Alex K., an older, prominent businessman in her tight-knit Russian immigrant community in Queens. But a longing for freedom is reignited in this bookish, overly romantic and imperious woman when she meets her beloved cousin Katia's boyfriend, an outsider and aspiring young writer on whom she pins her hopes for escape. As they begin a reckless affair, Anna launches into a tailspin that alienates her from her husband, family, and entire world. Touching on struggles of identity, fidelity, and community, What Happened to Anna K. is a remarkable re-imagining of the Anna Karenina story brought vividly to life by a \"marvelous\" (San Francisco Chronicle) young writer.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67580684632287,"sku":"9781416558941","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AcBtTy42_g9781416558941.webp?v=1790427528"},{"product_id":"mother-country-paperback","title":"Mother Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStarred reviews from \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Irina Reyn explores what it means to be a mother in a world where you can't be with your child \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNadia's daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler's insecure mother; and as an ethnic Russian, she finds herself feuding with western Ukrainian immigrants who think she is a traitor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe war back home is always at the forefront of her reality. On television, Vladimir Putin speaks of the \"reunification\" of Crimea and Russia, the Ukrainian president makes unconvincing promises about a united Ukraine, while American politicians are divided over the fear of immigration. Nadia internalizes notions of \"union\" all around her, but the one reunion she has been waiting six years for - with her beloved daughter - is being eternally delayed by the Department of Homeland Security. When Nadia finds out that her daughter has lost access to the medicine she needs to survive, she takes matters into her own hands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Country \u003c\/i\u003eis Irina Reyn's most emotionally complex, urgent novel yet. 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