{"product_id":"this-place-is-still-beautiful-9780063086036","title":"This Place Is Still Beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping debut novel about first love, complicated family dynamics, and the pernicious legacy of racism. Perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi, Jandy Nelson, and Emily X.R. Pan, with crossover appeal for readers of Brit Bennett's \u003cem\u003eThe Vanishing Half\u003c\/em\u003e and Celeste Ng's \u003cem\u003eEverything I Never Told You\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Flanagan sisters are as different as they come. Seventeen-year-old Annalie is bubbly, sweet, and self-conscious, whereas nineteen-year-old Margaret is sharp and assertive. Margaret looks just like their mother, while Annalie passes for white and looks like the father who abandoned them years ago, leaving their Chinese immigrant mama to raise the girls alone in their small, predominantly white Midwestern town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen their house is vandalized with a shocking racial slur, Margaret rushes home from her summer internship in New York City. She expects outrage. Instead, her sister and mother would rather move on. Especially once Margaret's own investigation begins to make members of their community uncomfortable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Annalie, this was meant to be a summer of new possibilities, and she resents her sister's sudden presence and insistence on drawing negative attention to their family. Meanwhile Margaret is infuriated with Annalie's passive acceptance of what happened. For Margaret, the summer couldn't possibly get worse, until she crosses paths with someone she swore she'd never see again: her first love, Rajiv Agarwal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the sisters navigate this unexpected summer, an explosive secret threatens to break apart their relationship, once and for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Place Is Still Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e is a luminous, captivating story about identity, sisterhood, and how our hometowns are inextricably a part of who we are, even when we outgrow them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balzer \u0026amp; Bray\/Harperteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063086036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"XIXI Tian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42761746809013,"sku":"9780063086036","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_be461ecf-e281-4647-936a-904667379603.jpg?v=1678202893","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-place-is-still-beautiful-9780063086036","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}