{"product_id":"lucky-girls-stories","title":"Lucky Girls: Stories: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNell Freudenberger's brilliantly observed debut story collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut collection of Nell Freudenberger, who first came to national attention with the 2001 \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003epublication of the title story, \u003ci\u003eLucky Girls \u003c\/i\u003eencompasses five novella length stories set in Southeast Asia and on the Indian subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Lucky Girls,\" an American woman who has been involved in a five-year affair with a married Indian man feels bound, following his untimely death, to her memories of him and to her adopted country. And in \"Letter from the Last Bastion,\" a teenage girl begins a correspondence with a middle aged male novelist, who, having built his reputation writing about his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam, confides in her the secret truth of those experiences, and the lie that has defined his life as a man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614409154926,"sku":"9780061124273","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_885f986e-ef40-4c9a-b0cc-5bb634516434.jpg?v=1775850504","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/lucky-girls-stories","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}