{"product_id":"the-surrendered-9781594485015","title":"The Surrendered","description":"\u003cb\u003eChang-rae Lee, the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNative Speaker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAloft, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e My Year Abroad \u003c\/i\u003ereturns with his most ambitious novel yet-a spellbinding story of how love and war echo through an entire lifetime.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e June Han was orphaned as a girl by the Korean War. Hector Brennan was a young GI who fled the petty tragedies of his small town to serve his country. When the war ended, their lives collided at a Korean orphanage, where they vied for the attention of Sylvie Tanner, a beautiful yet deeply damaged missionary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Lee masterfully unfurls the stunning story of June, Hector, and Sylvie, he weaves a profound meditation on the nature of heroism and sacrifice, the power of love, and the possibilities for mercy, salvation, and surrendering oneself to another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChang-rae Lee is the author of \u003ci\u003eNative Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Hemingway Foundation\/PEN Award for first fiction, \u003ci\u003eA Gesture Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAloft\u003c\/i\u003e. Selected by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the twenty best writers under forty, Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Princeton University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726662734098,"sku":"9781594485015","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e0d48739-f99a-4066-8801-7d78a89264a9.jpg?v=1734878599","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-surrendered-9781594485015","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}