{"product_id":"after-the-bloom-9781459737433","title":"After the Bloom","description":"Rita Takemitsu is a newly single mother raising her daughter in 1980s Toronto. When her mother, Lily, goes missing, Rita sets out to find her. In the course of her quest, Rita uncovers a host of secrets surrounding her mother's internment at a camp in the California desert during the Second World War and the truth about her mysterious father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeslie Shimotakahara's memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Reading List\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Prize in 2012. Her fiction has been short-listed for the K.M. Hunter Artist Award. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Brown University. \u003ci\u003eAfter the Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. Leslie lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873359204626,"sku":"9781459737433","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c28e84d8-00be-46fd-afb2-f5c8d121cac6.jpg?v=1737929496","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-the-bloom-9781459737433","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}