{"product_id":"the-girl-in-the-picture-the-story-of-kim-phuc-the-photograph-and-the-vietnam-war-9780140280210","title":"The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare.\" --The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenise Chong\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Concubine's Children\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cb\u003eViking and Penguin\u003c\/b\u003e), a \u003cb\u003eBook-of-the-Month Club\u003c\/b\u003e selection. She is the editor of \u003cb\u003eThe Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian Women\u003c\/b\u003e and lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with her husband and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565397020946,"sku":"9780140280210","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c246a69a-0189-443d-87ec-e5de2346d59f.jpg?v=1731885529","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-girl-in-the-picture-the-story-of-kim-phuc-the-photograph-and-the-vietnam-war-9780140280210","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}