{"product_id":"soviet-milk","title":"Soviet Milk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe literary bestseller that took the Baltics by storm now published for the first time in English. This novel considers the effects of Soviet rule on a single individual. The central character in the story tries to follow her calling as a doctor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut then the state steps in. She is deprived first of her professional future, then of her identity and finally of her relationship with her daughter. Banished to a village in the Latvian countryside, her sense of isolation increases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWill she and her daughter be able to return to Riga when political change begins to stir?'At first glance this novel depicts a troubled mother-daughter relationship set in the the Soviet-ruled Baltics between 1969 and 1989. Yet just beneath the surface lies something far more positive: the story of three generations of women, and the importance of a grandmother giving her granddaughter what her daughter is unable to provide - love, and the desire for life.' Meike Ziervogel, Peirene Press Publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ehed: UK, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eer:  Peirene Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 190\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9781908670427\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nora Ikstena","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56581097914699,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9781908670427.jpg?v=1771675065","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/soviet-milk","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}