Calling Ukraine

Shortly after his thirtieth birthday in 2018, John Turner accepts a job offer from an old college friend to move to Ukraine to teach customer service agents there how to sound American, but with no knowledge of the language and struggling to understand the culture and customs, he finds himself in a...

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Main Author: Lichtman, Johannes (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marysue Rucci Books, 2023.
Edition:First Marysue Rucci books/Scribner hardcover edition.
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Summary:Shortly after his thirtieth birthday in 2018, John Turner accepts a job offer from an old college friend to move to Ukraine to teach customer service agents there how to sound American, but with no knowledge of the language and struggling to understand the culture and customs, he finds himself in a romantic entanglement with disastrous consequences.
Physical Description:xii, 226 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781982156817
1982156813
Author Notes:Johannes Lichtman was born in Stockholm and raised in California. He holds an MFA in fiction from UNC Wilmington and an MA in literature, culture, and media from Lund University. His work has appeared in The Sun , Tin House , Los Angeles Review of Books , Oxford American , and elsewhere. He lives in Portland. His debut novel, Such Good Work , was selected for the 2019 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35.