{"product_id":"displaced-irena-kowal-9781530953950","title":"Displaced","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe daughter of displaced Ukrainian  migr s, Irena led a sheltered life in America with a mentally ill father and guilt ridden, anxious mother. In the chaos of WWII and Soviet occupation, her infant brother Orest was left with his grandparents who were exiled to Siberia. Orest remained in the village, an abandoned child of \"enemies of the people.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the first time, brother and sister, both in their twenties, meet in Moscow in August of 1969. They will travel across Soviet Ukraine, a trip that will change their lives forever. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrest draws shy, beautiful Irena out of her self-imposed cocoon, allowing her to wake up to her own womanhood and intellectual potential. Orest grows to love his sister, even as he discovers his own developing attraction to her as a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen two KGB agents see Irena as a potential spy, Orest becomes a pawn in their recruitment game-and Irena will be forced to make an agonizing choice.\u003c\/p\u003e Interspersed with flashbacks to the horrors of war, Siberian exile, and the turmoil of immigrant life, \u003ci\u003eDisplaced\u003c\/i\u003e is a tragicomic blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and farce. In a world where everything is dislocated, two individuals attempt to cross the immeasurable gulfs of time, territory, and \"the never-to-be-deciphered landscape of the human heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Irena Kowal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1530953952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781530953950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47d","brand":"Irena Kowal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44067149906175,"sku":"9781530953950","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2a35442-2913-4bf5-b264-3e6da5712794.jpg?v=1685411493","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/displaced-irena-kowal-9781530953950","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}