{"product_id":"daughters-of-the-new-year-9781335429230","title":"Daughters of the New Year","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDaughters of the New Year\u003c\/em\u003e is engrossing and exhilarating... unifying and contorting a family tied by love, debts, humor, and ghosts. Tran has turned the question of what a family can be into a complex, heartfelt mural of possibility.\" -Bryan Washington, author of \u003cem\u003eMemorial \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLot \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA captivating debut novel that moves backwards in time to trace five generations of Vietnamese mothers and daughters, drawing on Vietnamese zodiac astrology to chart the fateful events of their lives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat does the future hold for those born in the years of the Dragon, Tiger, and Goat?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the three sisters begin to encounter strange glimpses of long-buried secrets from the ancestors they never knew, the story of the Trung women unfurls to reveal the dramatic events that brought them to America. Moving backwards 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\u003eA \"haunted story of resilience and survival\" (Meng Jin, \u003cem\u003eLittle Gods\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eDaughters of the New Year \u003c\/em\u003eis an addictive, high-wire act of storytelling that illuminates an entire lineage of extraordinary women fighting to reclaim the power they've been stripped of for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781335429230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"E. M. Tran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42334564876469,"sku":"9781335429230","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4380a56f-7901-41b0-bcc4-0d71c46a94ce.jpg?v=1660629263","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/daughters-of-the-new-year-9781335429230","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}