{"product_id":"goodbye-and-a-green-leek-9781917569392","title":"Goodbye and a Green Leek","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife writing, Baltic anthropology, murder mystery, post-communist mental health companion, it slips between genres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThirteen-year-old Iulia is a precious existentialist who lives with her family in a tower block in early-2000s Bucharest. When her best friend is killed in a car accident, she turns detective; investigating ‘what really happened’ becomes a comfort, a puzzle to hold onto.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShe is guided by Doamna Elvira, her enigmatic top-floor neighbour (and possibly a former informant for the Securitate, the Communist Party’s secret police). Under her tutelage, Iulia learns how to actually look at a place: whose lights are on too late? Which stories don’t match? A borrowed key, an overheard row and a caretaker’s old ledger with names crossed out lead Iulia’s small, cosy “casework” to peel back the block’s hidden histories – along with Doamna Elvira’s own murky past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMeanwhile, the British Council Library becomes her refuge, where books and the promise of the National English Olympiad offer a way out, and her friendship with Marton, a thoughtful classmate, becomes an anchor. But when he leaves for the UK, Iulia must find a way to move beyond loss and begin imagining a future of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor readers of punky life writing, from Édouard Louis to Saba Sams, as well as those drawn to the quiet warmth of The Elegance of the Hedgehog.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noemi Gunea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49227161633019,"sku":"9781917569392","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/goodbye-and-a-green-leek-9781917569392","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}