{"product_id":"owner-of-a-lonely-heart-a-memoir-of-motherhood-and-absence-9781982196356","title":"Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir of Motherhood and Absence","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Memoir of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e - Selected by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and\u003ci\u003e BookPage\u003c\/i\u003e as a Best Book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book...is what memoir writing in the hands of a caring, curious wunderkind can be.\" --Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fractured 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 family fled Saigon for America. Only 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 portrait of things left unsaid\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), 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, some alone with her mother and others with the company of her sister--Beth tells an \"unforgettable\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) coming-of-age story that spans her childhood in the Midwest, her first meeting with her mother, and her own experience of parenthood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982196356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Beth Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43733042921653,"sku":"9781982196356","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_92c48372-b54b-4334-b1e9-0d6c0b2b5a0e.jpg?v=1710257601","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/owner-of-a-lonely-heart-a-memoir-of-motherhood-and-absence-9781982196356","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}