{"product_id":"owner-of-a-lonely-heart-a-memoir-9781982196349","title":"Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Memoir of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e - Selected by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and\u003ci\u003e BookPage\u003c\/i\u003e as a Best Book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book...is what memoir writing in the hands of a caring, curious wunderkind can be.\" --Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fractured by war and resettlement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her family fled Saigon for America. Only Beth's mother stayed--or was left--behind, and they did not meet again until Beth was nineteen. Over the course of her adult life, she and her mother have spent less than twenty-four hours together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOwner of a Lonely Heart \u003c\/i\u003eis \"a portrait of things left unsaid\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), a memoir about parenthood, absence, and the condition of being a refugee: the story of Beth's relationship with her mother. Framed by a handful of visits over the course of many years--sometimes brief, sometimes interrupted, some alone with her mother and others with the company of her sister--Beth tells an \"unforgettable\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) coming-of-age story that spans her childhood in the Midwest, her first meeting with her mother, and her own experience of parenthood.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611367641362,"sku":"9781982196349","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5623c7c9-b40a-4f77-8da4-2aea3aa8d69e.jpg?v=1732360886","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/owner-of-a-lonely-heart-a-memoir-9781982196349","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}