{"product_id":"year-of-the-water-horse-a-memoir-9798897100095","title":"Year of the Water Horse: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA warm and witty memoir about the ever-changing relationships between mothers, mothers-in-law, and daughters that traverses two continents and multiple generations of two disparate yet connected families.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJanice Page hails from Braintree, Massachusetts and a large Catholic brood. Her parents had a complicated marriage. Her five siblings each have their own sagas, and there is a destructive genetic force within the family's blood lines that causes much heartbreak. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then there is the large Chinese family of Janice's husband, James, equally cinematic and sweeping with a rich and complex history of its own. There is a daring wartime escape, a lost child, immigration to a new world, and a bittersweet reunion after decades of separation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJanice first met James fresh out of college while waitressing at Mandarin Garden, the only Chinese restaurant of its kind in Braintree. He had just arrived in America from Taiwan. As they work to bridge the divide between them--emotionally, culturally, and geographically--they begin to build their lives together. From Taiwan to Los Angeles, from her mother's bipolar disorder to the language barrier with her mother-in-law, Janice finds herself constantly searching for the feeling of home. Janice believes she can close the circle when she embarks on her own journey to become a mother. Like so many journeys, Janice's own journey to motherhood is filled with twists, turns, and surprises, leading to a baby girl from James's ancestral region of China. Janice and James might finally close a circle that had been open for generations on both sides and find home at last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with humor and heart, wisdom and healing, \u003ci\u003eYear of the Water Horse \u003c\/i\u003eis a profound and compelling story with a deeply satisfying ending that will resonate long after the final page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJanice Page edits arts, film, and culture at \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Prior to that, Page was a deputy managing editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, where she oversaw publication of books done in partnership with \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobe\u003c\/i\u003e, including \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-sellers \u003ci\u003eLast Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice\u003c\/i\u003e and multiple championship sports books on the Patriots, Celtics, Red Sox, and Bruins. She has also been on staff at \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Providence Journal-Bulletin \u003c\/i\u003eand written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMSN\u003c\/i\u003e. A Boston-area native, Janice graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude from Rutgers University and was named the 2023 recipient of the Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Residency at Yaddo, where she worked on \u003ci\u003eYear of the Water Horse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749491835154,"sku":"9798897100095","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86fe61e0-82bc-41d4-9f11-c81109437742.jpg?v=1764087989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/year-of-the-water-horse-a-memoir-9798897100095","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}