{"product_id":"endling-by-maria-reva-9780349012728","title":"Endling","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrilliant ... funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure, all the while reminding us what the world stands to lose, and what it has already lost. This is essential reading'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eANN PATCHETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fantastic novel\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003ePERCIVAL EVERETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital, \u003ci\u003eEndling\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, visceral journey that pulses with a powerful sense of urgency and relevance to our times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eLARA PRESCOTT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUkraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men—not for love, but to fund her work—entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46362641662188,"sku":"9780349012728","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780349012728.jpg?v=1744588975","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/endling-by-maria-reva-9780349012728","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}