{"product_id":"four-minutes-nataliya-deleva-9781948830379","title":"Four Minutes","description":"Giving voice to people living on the periphery in post-communist Bulgaria, \u003ci\u003eFour Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e centers around Leah, an orphan who suffered daily horrors growing up, and now struggles to integrate into society as a gay woman. She confronts her trauma by trying to volunteer at the orphanage, and to adopt a young girl--a choice that is frustrated over and over by bureaucracy and the pervasive stigma against gay women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to Leah's narrative, the novel contains nine other standalone character studies of other frequently ignored voices. These sections are each meant to be read in approximately four minutes, a nod to a social experiment that put forth the hypothesis that it only takes four minutes of looking someone in the eye and listening to them in order to accept and empathize with them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA meticulously crafted social novel, \u003ci\u003eFour Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e takes a difficult, uncompromising look at modern life in Eastern Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nataliya Deleva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194883037X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948830379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.35w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021","brand":"Nataliya Deleva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049655169279,"sku":"9781948830379","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62bbf5c5-9cf6-49e6-a5a0-441b69a783d4.jpg?v=1685002755","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/four-minutes-nataliya-deleva-9781948830379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}