{"product_id":"9781556437403","title":"Forbidden Bread: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[A] sunny, can-do look at intense culture shock. Debeljak makes  a humorous,  self-effacing guide to her own story and the only complaint I have is   that I wish she’d told us more. I hope someday she gives us a sequel.\"—\u003ci\u003eChristian  Science Monitor • \u003c\/i\u003e\"Witty and warm.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus  Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eForbidden Bread\u003c\/i\u003e is an unusual love story that covers great territory, both geographically  and emotionally. The author leaves behind a successful career as an American financial  analyst to pursue Ales Debeljak, a womanizing Slovenian poet who catches her attention  at a cocktail party. The story begins in New York City, but quickly migrates, along  with the author, to Slovenia. As she struggles to forge an identity in her new home,  Slovenia itself undergoes the transformation from a communist to a capitalist society.  A complicated language, politically incorrect ethnic jokes, and old-fashioned sexism  are just a few of the challenges Debeljak faces on her journey. Happily, she marries  her poet and comes to love her new husband's family as well as the fast-disappearing  rural traditions of this beautiful country. Set against the dramatic backdrop of  the Slovenian Ten Day War and the much longer Yugoslav wars of succession, \u003ci\u003eForbidden  Bread\u003c\/i\u003e shows a worldly and courageous woman coming to grips with her new life and  family situation in a rapidly changing European landscape.","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43284003094589,"sku":"9781556437403","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781556437403_p0.jpg?v=1781930054","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781556437403","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}