American Ending

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Product Details

Price
$28.95  $26.92
Publisher
Blair
Publish Date
Pages
350
Dimensions
0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches | 0.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781949467994

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About the Author

Mary Kay Zuravleff is the award-winning author of American Ending, inspired by all four of her grandparents, Russian Orthodox Old Believers who lived in the Appalachian mining town of Marianna, Pennsylvania, and made their way to Erie. Her third novel, Man Alive!, was a Washington Post Notable Book, and she is the winner of the American Academy's Rosenthal Award and a multiple recipient of the DC Artist Fellowship. Born in Syracuse, raised in Oklahoma City, and educated in Houston and Baltimore, she lives in Washington, DC.

Reviews

"How I loved spending time with Yelena in her vivid, terrible and--most astonishingly--joyous time and place. Mary Kay Zuravleff's novel manages to capture all the struggle and the grief endured by this particular, unsung set of immigrants without ever veering into caricature or melodrama. In Yelena's clear-eyed telling, in her honesty and love, every painful obstacle to attaining that intractable American promise of a better life is made unique--wholly fresh and achingly believable. Oh, and the food! Gorgeous."--Alice McDermott, author of The Ninth Hour and Charming Billy"Did Mary Kay Zuravleff time travel to write this book? It's as if she truly lived in the past--all the details so vivid, and real--to bring us a novel of the moment. It is the old and forever new story of immigration."--Jane Hamilton, author of Map of the World"I fell in love with Yelena--from the very start she reminded me of My Antonia! So many stories of immigration focus on the men, but it's the women who kept the family together, had the courage to leave their villages, who stuck it out in a strange land. In American Ending, Mary Kay Zuravleff has created an unforgettable heroine, one with the courage to write her own story and the creativity and heart to not just pull herself out of her circumstances, but to bring others with her. That is one of the great achievements of this novel: Not just the individual grit of the immigrant, but the communal spirit that lifts all the newcomers, the thousands strands that bind us all together, the activists who make sure that fairness prevails, the unions. It is such a deeply felt, humane and timeless treatment of a timeless story. And it gives so much to reflect upon in our current moment."--Ana Menéndez, author of In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd and Loving Che"American Ending is an exhilarating new take on the great American immigration story, a coming-of-age and getting-of-wisdom tale about what this country promises and withholds. Its young heroine is a funny, smart, and heartbreaking guide to a world full of cruelties and wonders. Mary Kay Zuravleff has given us a vivid, unforgettable portrait of an immigrant community and the wry, richly colored, and darkly enchanting stories it tells itself to survive."--Margaret Talbot, writer for The New Yorker"In the dark of Pennsylvania's coal mines, Yelena's voice is both the light and the canary. Her struggles, and those of her Russian-American immigrant community, are deeply felt and beautifully written. Immersive and compelling."--Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Praise for Mary Kay Zuravleff's Man Alive!"This is a family novel for smart people."--Washington Post, Notable Book "Impressive intelligence and sly humor."--People"Dissects family life with great heart and rapier wit."--Parade"Electric. Open its pages or plug in your Kindle."--Huffington Post"Brilliantly bizarre."--Bustle