{"product_id":"owner-of-a-lonely-heart-book-beth-nguyen-9781982196349","title":"Owner of a Lonely Heart","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\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e as a Best Book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOwner of a Lonely Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is \"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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49565559128337,"sku":"CIN1982196343VG","price":4.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49942203171089,"sku":"CIN1982196343G","price":5.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50994318147857,"sku":"NIN9781982196349","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1982196343.jpg?v=1750868950","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/owner-of-a-lonely-heart-book-beth-nguyen-9781982196349","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}