{"product_id":"lost-birds-9780996515306","title":"Lost Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning forty years and two continents, \u003cem\u003eLost Birds\u003c\/em\u003e weaves a tale of Irene Matas and her friends, who arrive as children in Chicago after the Second World War and begin to puzzle out what it means to be American. These interconnected stories follow the residents on Talman Street who fled the Soviet takeover of their country. While the parents, sick with nostalgia and grief for their lost homeland, cling to their old ways, their conflicted children are torn between allegiance to their parents and the bright appeal of America. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Irene and her restless friends come of age in the sixties, they begin to grow beyond their close but insular neighborhood, but still feel drawn to their past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen after many years, the impossible happens--the Iron Curtain finally falls--some return to visit relatives only to find their country ravaged by the Soviets. Irene returns to find something she never expected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Birute Putrius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birchwood Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996515306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePutrius, Birute:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Birute Putrius is a Lithuanian-American writer who was born in a displaced person's camp. She grew up in Chicago and now lives in Santa Monica. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. Two of the stories were optioned for short films by Columbia College in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birchwood Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40620213108851,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":27.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6d6d9414-d7c0-42d6-acab-6b09a6ac2e9f.jpg?v=1670510697","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/lost-birds-9780996515306","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}