{"product_id":"happy-family-9780802170460","title":"Happy Family","description":"When Hua Wu arrives in New York City, her life seems destined to resemble that of countless immigrants before her. She spends her hectic days in a restaurant in Chinatown, and her lonesome nights in a noisy, crowded tenement, yearning for those she left behind. But one day in a park in the West Village, Hua meets Jane Templeton and her daughter, Lily, a two-year-old adopted from China. Eager to expose Lily to the language and culture of her birth country, Jane hires Hua to be her nanny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHua soon finds herself in a world far removed from the cramped streets of Chinatown or her grandmother's home in Fuzhou, China. Jane, a museum curator of Asian art, and her husband, a theater critic, are cultured and successful. They pull Hua into their circle of family and friends until she is deeply attached to Lily and their way of life. But when cracks show in the family's perfect fa ade, what will Hua do to protect the little girl who reminds her so much of her own past? A beautiful and revelatory novel, \u003ci\u003eHappy Family\u003c\/i\u003e is the promising debut of a perceptive and graceful writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802170460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/2008 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2008 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2008 pg. 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wendy Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769684431029,"sku":"9780802170460","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7c8d4d6d-e388-44e3-99da-0b1dd3a30380.jpg?v=1678834779","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/happy-family-9780802170460","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}