{"product_id":"lucky-girls-stories","title":"Lucky Girls: 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":"Nell Freudenberger","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55251280101667,"sku":"9780062915221","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780062915221.jpg?v=1781802035","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/lucky-girls-stories","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}