{"product_id":"dust-child","title":"Dust Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2024 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Mountains Sing \u003c\/i\u003ereturns with a suspenseful and moving saga of wartime love, family, loss, and redemption set in Việt Nam. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1969, sisters Trang and Quỳnh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village to work in a bar in Sài Gòn. Once in the big city, the young girls learn how to drink and flirt (and more) with American GIs in return for money. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Decades later, an American veteran, Dan, returns to Việt Nam with his wife, Linda, hoping to find a way to heal from his PTSD; instead, secrets he thought he had buried surface and threaten his marriage. At the same time, Phong--the son of a Black American soldier and a Vietnamese woman--embarks on a search to find both his parents and a way out of Việt Nam to a better life in the United States for himself, his wife Bình, and his children. \u003cp\u003e Past and present converge as these characters come together to confront decisions made during a time of war--decisions that reverberate throughout one another's lives and ultamately allow them and find common ground across race, generation, culture, and language. Immersive, moving, and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eDust Child\u003c\/i\u003e tells an unforgettable story of how those who inherited tragedy can redefine their destinies with hard-earned wisdom, compassion, courage, and joy. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943550058727,"sku":"9781643755786","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_e1b13edc-e6ab-42c4-bbbe-62cd98c2b5dd.jpg?v=1775325687","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/dust-child","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}