{"product_id":"preparation-for-the-next-life-pb","title":"Preparation For The Next Life PB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • WINNER OF THE PEN\/FAULKNER PRIZE • A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e NOTABLE BOOK • A troubled war veteran and an undocumented immigrant find love while struggling to survive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF 2014: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBuzzFeed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDizzying in its ambition and exhilarating in its triumph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e”—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrad Skinner, newly returned from three tours in Iraq, hitchhikes to New York hoping to exorcise his demons and reacclimate to American society. Zou Lei, an undocumented immigrant from Central Asia, catches a bus into the city, searching for a way to get by—or at least stay out of jail. Skinner and Zou Lei meet each other in the margins of the metropolis, each finding something they long for in the other, and their unlikely love story becomes the beating heart of this remarkable tale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52164889772263,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/514opwwdLGL_c411d2d9-0720-4581-aa1a-1f5352f31b6a.webp?v=1780619107","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/preparation-for-the-next-life-pb","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}