{"product_id":"stealing-buddhas-dinner-9780143113034","title":"Stealing Buddha's Dinner","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Jerard Award\u003cbr\u003eChicago Tribune Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eKiriyama Notable Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] perfectly pitched and prodigiously detailed memoir.\" - Boston Globe \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, and in the pre-PC-era Midwest (where the Jennifers and Tiffanys reign supreme), the desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food. More exotic- seeming than her Buddhist grandmother's traditional specialties, the campy, preservative-filled \"delicacies\" of mainstream America capture her imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eStealing Buddha's Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e, the glossy branded allure of Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House Cookies becomes an ingenious metaphor for Nguyen's struggle to become a \"real\" American, a distinction that brings with it the dream of the perfect school lunch, burgers and Jell- O for dinner, and a visit from the Kool-Aid man. Vivid and viscerally powerful, this remarkable memoir about growing up in the 1980s introduces an original new literary voice and an entirely new spin on the classic assimilation story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143113034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.06h x 5.56w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2008 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bich Minh Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418707488949,"sku":"9780143113034","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b0cf2f38-919f-43d4-88f0-9dc7a149f56b.jpg?v=1775570232","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stealing-buddhas-dinner-9780143113034","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}