{"product_id":"em-9781644211151","title":"Em","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel of the emotional intricacies of trauma and exile, from the author of international bestselling\u003ci\u003e Ru \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist of the New Academy Prize in Literature\u003cbr\u003eFinalist Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner du Prix du Gran Public au salon du livre de Montreal\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Grand Prix RTL-Lire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmma-Jade and Louis are born into the havoc of the Vietnam War. Orphaned, saved and cared for by adults coping with the chaos of Saigon in free-fall, they become children of the Vietnamese diaspora. \u003ci\u003eEm\u003c\/i\u003e is not a romance in any usual sense of the word, but it is a word whose homonym--\u003ci\u003eaimer\u003c\/i\u003e, to love--resonates on every page, a book powered by love in the larger sense. A portrait of Vietnamese identity emerges that is wholly remarkable, honed in wartime violence that borders on genocide, and then by the ingenuity, sheer grit and intelligence of Vietnamese-Americans, Vietnamese-Canadians and other Vietnamese former refugees who go on to build some of the most powerful small business empires in the world. \u003ci\u003eEm\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic story steeped in history, about those most impacted by the violence and their later accomplishments. In many ways, \u003ci\u003eEm\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps Kim Th y's most personal book, the one in which she trusts her readers enough to share with them not only the pervasive love she feels but also the rage and the horror at what she and so many other children of the Vietnam War had to live through. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in Kim Th y's trademark style, near to prose poetry, \u003ci\u003eEm\u003c\/i\u003e reveals her fascination with connection. Through the linked destinies of characters connected by birth and destiny, the novel zigzags between the rubber plantations of Indochina; daily life in Saigon during the war as people find ways to survive and help each other; Operation Babylift, which evacuated thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War; and today's global nail polish and nail salon industry, largely driven by former Vietnamese refugees--and everything in between. Here are human lives shaped both by unspeakable trauma and also the beautiful sacrifices of those who made sure at least some of these children survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644211151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Kim Thuy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40894298030261,"sku":"9781644211151","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_92498756-e378-42ff-ab43-e75eb3488d49.jpg?v=1630415201","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/em-9781644211151","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}