{"product_id":"burnt-olives-natasha-girshin-9798296611024","title":"Burnt Olives","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovember 2005 - Lance Corporal Evan Rhodes is home, and he shouldn't be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-three and medically discharged from his tour in Ramadi, Iraq as a scout sniper with the United States Marine Corps, Evan has to rebuild his life in his dying small town in Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the country waves American flags and debates the war, Evan is forced to confront the ghosts that haunt him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing waits for him except old friends, dead-end jobs, half-empty bars, and the life he left behind. But he's not the only one trying to make sense of what's left. Evan and the community he tries to maintain attempt to shape something more stable than just survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Evan piece himself back together in a place that no longer feels like home? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurnt Olives\u003c\/i\u003e is a contemporary novella about a stunted America, the people sent to fight its wars, and what happens once they come home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natasha Girshin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798296611024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Natasha Girshin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241966579967,"sku":"9798296611024","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8773fa6-8763-4f6d-b917-9ef91e41c32a.jpg?v=1772656828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burnt-olives-natasha-girshin-9798296611024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}