{"product_id":"wings-of-a-flying-tiger-9781948598064","title":"Wings of a Flying Tiger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured on NPR.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld War Two. Japanese occupied China. One cousin's courage, another's determination to help a wounded American pilot.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1942, Danny Hardy bails out of his fighter plane into a remote region of western China. With multiple injuries, malaria, and Japanese troops searching for him, the American pilot's odds of survival are slim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJasmine Bai, an art student who has been saved by Americans during the notorious Nanking Massacre, seems an unlikely heroine to rescue the wounded Flying Tiger. Daisy Bai, Jasmine's younger cousin, also falls in love with the courageous American.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of Daisy's brother, an entire village opens its arms to heal a Flying Tiger with injured wings, but as a result of their charity the serenity of their community is forever shattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove, sacrifice, kindness, and bravery all play a part in this heroic tale that takes place during one of the darkest hours of Chinese history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIRIS YANG (QING YANG) was born and raised in China. After graduating from Wuhan University, she was accepted by the prestigious CUSBEA (China-United States Biochemistry Examination and Application program). At age 23, with poor English, little knowledge of the country, and 500 borrowed dollars, she came to the United States as a graduate student at the University of Rochester.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLater, she received a Ph.D. in molecular biology, trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and worked at the University of North Carolina. Although she has published a number of scientific papers, she has a passion for creative writing, and her short stories have won contests and have been published in anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIris lives between Sedona, Arizona and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Besides writing, she loves hiking, dancing, photography, and travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Books Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424250364178,"sku":"9781948598064","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f19f6d69-5a8f-41c2-89f3-bdff643f8329.jpg?v=1751368831","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wings-of-a-flying-tiger-9781948598064","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}