{"product_id":"owner-of-a-lonely-heart-a-memoir-9781982196349","title":"Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eStealing Buddha's Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her father, sister, grandmother, and uncles fled Saigon for America. Beth's mother stayed--or was left--behind, and they did not meet again until Beth was nineteen. Over the course of her adult life, she and her mother have spent less than twenty-four hours together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOwner of a Lonely Heart \u003c\/i\u003eis a memoir about parenthood, absence, and the condition of being a refugee: the story of Beth's relationship with her mother. Framed by a handful of visits over the course of many years--sometimes brief, sometimes interrupted, sometimes with her mother alone and sometimes with her sister--Beth tells a coming-of-age story that spans her own Midwestern childhood, her first meeting with her mother, and becoming a parent herself. Vivid and illuminating, \u003ci\u003eOwner of a Lonely Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply personal story of family, connection, and belonging: as a daughter, a mother, and as a Vietnamese refugee in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982196349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.83d","brand":"Beth Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42862825373877,"sku":"9781982196349","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b378b4fe-1956-4583-bd66-4187f7f62356.jpg?v=1683671378","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/owner-of-a-lonely-heart-a-memoir-9781982196349","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}