{"product_id":"the-reeducation-of-cherry-truong-9781250024022","title":"The Reeducation of Cherry Truong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Reeducation of Cherry Truong\u003c\/i\u003e transcends ethnicity and culture and dives headlong into the plight of being human....Aimee Phan's prose is beautifully intricate yet powerful in what it reveals and exposes.\"---Jennie Shortridge, author of \u003ci\u003eEating Heaven\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCherry Truong's parents have exiled her wayward older brother from their Southern California home, sending him to Vietnam to live with distant relatives. Determined to bring him back, twenty-one-year-old Cherry travels to her family's native country and finds herself on a journey to uncover decades-old secrets---hidden loves, desperate choices, and lives ripped apart by the march of war and the currents of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reeducation of Cherry Truong\u003c\/i\u003e is the sweeping story of two spirited and unforgettable families---the Truongs and the Vos---and their yearning for reconciliation, redemption, and a place to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAimee Phan\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Orange County, California, and now teaches in the MFA Writing Program and Writing and Literature Program at California College of the Arts. A 2010 National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, Aimee received her MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, where she won a Maytag Fellowship. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eWe Should Never Meet\u003c\/i\u003e, was named a Notable Book by the Kiryama Prize in fiction and a finalist for the 2005 Asian American Literary Awards. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492390048018,"sku":"9781250024022","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46c7b3c6-6923-4a6f-9535-6d3cce4b85e7.jpg?v=1730587431","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-reeducation-of-cherry-truong-9781250024022","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}