{"product_id":"joss-and-gold-9781558614017","title":"Joss and Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA piercing tale of a Malaysian woman's quest for independence that combines \"the nuance of a poet with the ear of a born storyteller\" (Julia Watson, coeditor of \u003cem\u003eWomen, Autobiography, Theory: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLi An, a young Malaysian woman of Chinese descent, seeks to understand herself as the country around her struggles to determine its own identity. And much like the politically charged atmosphere of 1969 Kuala Lumpur, Li An must confront the contradictions within. While she supports her nation's fight to break free from the influence of British colonial rule, she cannot deny her love for the English poetry that she teaches. While she aspires to be an independent woman, she still finds herself married to the dependable Henry--until she meets an American Peace Corps volunteer named Chester Brookfield. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir encounter propels Li An on a quest of self-discovery, one that spans the divide between East and West, women and men, freedom and responsibility. Told with insight and wit, Lim's sweeping debut novel demonstrates that while the journey is never easy, all roads lead, ultimately, to our true selves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Geok-lin Lim\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmong the White Moon Faces: An Asian American Memoir of Homelands\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of an American Book Award, as well as \u003ci\u003eTwo Dreams: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Peninsula and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and several other books. She is a professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356406354194,"sku":"9781558614017","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ae1f1d1-b31e-4c63-ba67-18aa9b5e3212.jpg?v=1728309882","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joss-and-gold-9781558614017","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}