{"product_id":"for-rouenna","title":"For Rouenna","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most celebrated novelists of her generation, the story of a woman's experiences of war and an unusual friendship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Resonant and provocative'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favourite authors'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNATALIE PORTMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI did not remember a Rouenna Zycinski. I was sure I had never known her. But many years ago, according to her letter, we had been neighbors in the same public housing project, on Staten Island.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA writer receives a letter from an old acquaintance, recalling their shared childhood and asking if they can meet. Though fascinated by the stories Rouenna tells about her life as a combat nurse in Vietnam, the narrator flatly declines her request that they collaborate on a memoir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is only later, in the aftermath of Rouenna's shocking death, that the narrator is drawn to write about her friend - and her friend's war. Writing Rouenna's story becomes all-consuming: at once a necessity and the only consolation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eFor Rouenna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis about everything: war and remembrance, how we invent our \"selves\" and why; why we kill ourselves - or live. I was dazzled by this book'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully written . . . mesmerizing . . . enthralling'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An entirely different kind of war novel . . . What emerges is something that feels like truth'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sigrid Nunez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53667134046487,"sku":"9780349021928","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/9132\/8279\/files\/for-rouenna_1.jpg?v=1783927009","url":"https:\/\/amplifybookstore.com\/products\/for-rouenna","provider":"Amplify Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}