{"product_id":"daughters-of-the-new-year-9781335016010","title":"Daughters of the New Year","description":"\"Transportive.\" --People \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinary.\" --BuzzFeed \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Haunted.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Seattle Times\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lively, spellbinding tale about the extraordinary women within a Vietnamese immigrant family\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand the ancient zodiac legend that binds them together\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In present-day New Orleans, Xuan Trung, former beauty queen turned refugee after the Fall of Saigon, is obsessed with divining her daughters' fates through their Vietnamese zodiac signs. But Trac, Nhi and Trieu diverge completely from their immigrant parents' expectations. Successful lawyer Trac hides her sexuality from her family; Nhi competes as the only woman of color on a \u003cem\u003eBachelor\u003c\/em\u003e-esque reality TV show; and Trieu, a budding writer, is determined to learn more about her familial and cultural past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the sisters each begin to encounter long-buried secrets from their ancestors, the story of the Trung women unfurls to reveal the dramatic events that brought them to America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving backward in time, E.M. Tran takes us into the high school classrooms of New Orleans, to Saigon beauty pageants, to twentieth-century rubber plantations, traversing a century as the Trungs are both estranged and united by the ghosts of their tumultuous history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781335016010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"E. M. Tran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124423622837,"sku":"9781335016010","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5dc0ebab-ff54-4e30-b2ff-2c560455cc75.jpg?v=1694551850","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/daughters-of-the-new-year-9781335016010","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}