{"product_id":"the-year-she-left-us-9780062273352","title":"The Year She Left Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree generations of Chinese-American women in a San Francisco family must confront their past and carve out a future in this extraordinary novel, a \"haunting\" debut full of \"shimmering and unforgettable\" characters. (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Kong women are in crisis. A disastrous trip to visit her \"home\" orphanage in China has plunged eighteen-year-old Ari into a self-destructive spiral. Her adoptive mother, Charlie, a lawyer with a great heart, is desperate to keep her daughter safe. Meanwhile, Charlie must endure the prickly scrutiny of her beautiful, Bryn Mawr educated mother, Gran--who, as the daughter of a cultured Chinese doctor, came to America to survive Mao's Revolution--and her sister, Les, a brilliant judge with a penchant to rule over everyone's lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they cope with Ari's journey of discovery and its aftermath, the Kong women will come face to face with the truths of their lives--four powerful intertwining stories of accomplishment, tenacity, secrets, loneliness, and love. Beautifully illuminating the bonds of family and blood, \u003cem\u003eThe Year She Left Us\u003c\/em\u003e explores the promise and pain of adoption, the price of assimilation and achievement, the debt we owe to others, and what we owe ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMa, Kathryn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKathryn Ma is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eAll That Work and Still No Boys\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award. The book was named a \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book and a \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Discoveries Book. She is also the recipient of the David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513764745490,"sku":"9780062273352","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad7b5f4c-59c0-4c48-81f5-801982652ad2.jpg?v=1730966629","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-year-she-left-us-9780062273352","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}