{"product_id":"california-dreaming-a-novel-9781647426606","title":"California Dreaming: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eElena Berg moves from New England to the Bay Area to teach English, but becomes disillusioned and transitions to a role in an education technology startup. She questions her decision, motivations, and values and reckons with California as it really is. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 21 May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElena Berg, a native of New England, relocates to the Bay Area in 2011 to teach English with Teach for America. Her grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, was a storyteller and teacher who inspired his students. Elena's mother, a university professor, followed in his footsteps. However, Elena soon finds herself disillusioned with teaching and transitions to a role in an education technology startup. Growing up during the Occupy and #MeToo movements and the 2016 election, Elena confronts the reality of California, both as she imagined it and as it is. She must reconcile the person she envisioned herself to be with the person she actually is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 215 x 139 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781647426606\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noa Silver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46207627133178,"sku":"9781647426606","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1717909839600_book.jpg?v=1717956796","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/california-dreaming-a-novel-9781647426606","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}