{"product_id":"hundred-suns-book-karin-tanabe-9781250231475","title":"A Hundred Suns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed A Best Book of Spring 2020 by \u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e· \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e· \u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e· New York Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e· Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e·\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetches\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e· CrimeReads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e· BookBub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A transporting historical novel, and a smart thriller.\"\u003c\/b\u003e-- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A luscious setting combined with a sinister, sizzling plot.\" \u003ci\u003e-EW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA faraway land.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA family's dynasty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA trail of secrets that could shatter their glamorous lifestyle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On a humid afternoon in 1933, American Jessie Lesage steps off a boat from Paris and onto the shores of Vietnam. Accompanying her French husband Victor, an heir to the Michelin rubber fortune, she's certain that their new life is full of promise, for while the rest of the world is sinking into economic depression, Indochine is gold for the Michelins. Jessie knows that the vast plantations near Saigon are the key to the family's prosperity, and though they have recently been marred in scandal, she needs them to succeed for her husband's sake--and to ensure that the life she left behind in America stays buried in the past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jessie dives into the glamorous colonial world, where money is king and morals are brushed aside, and meets Marcelle de Fabry, a spellbinding expat with a wealthy Indochinese lover, the silk tycoon Khoi Nguyen. Descending on Jessie's world like a hurricane, Marcelle proves to be an exuberant guide to colonial life. But hidden beneath her vivacious exterior is a fierce desire to put the colony back in the hands of its people--starting with the Michelin plantations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It doesn't take long for the sun-drenched days and champagne-soaked nights to catch up with Jessie. With an increasingly fractured mind, her affection for Indochine falters. And as a fiery political struggle builds around her, Jessie begins to wonder what's real in a friendship that she suspects may be nothing but a house of cards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Motivated by love, driven by ambition, and seeking self-preservation at all costs, Jessie and Marcelle each toe the line between friend and foe, ethics and excess. Cast against the stylish backdrop of 1920s Paris and 1930s Indochine, in a time and place defined by contrasts and convictions, Karin Tanabe's \u003ci\u003eA Hundred Suns\u003c\/i\u003e is historical fiction at its lush, suspenseful best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50370986934545,"sku":"CIN1250231477A","price":5.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50370993815825,"sku":"CIN1250231477VG","price":5.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50378631446801,"sku":"CIN1250231477G","price":5.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53257322070289,"sku":"GOR011288988","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53393979736337,"sku":"GOR014899520","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250231477.jpg?v=1750824199","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/hundred-suns-book-karin-tanabe-9781250231475","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}