{"product_id":"the-refugees-1","title":"The Refugees","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/em\u003e, Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her for a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of immigration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe second piece of fiction by a major new voice, The Refugees is a beautifully written and sharply observed book about the aspirations of those who leave one country for another and the relationships and desires for self-fulfilment that define our lives.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #ff2a00;\" title=\"Viet Thanh Nguyen\" href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=vendor%3AViet+Thanh+Nguyen\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003eMore books by Viet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Viet Thanh Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42778823688361,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/refugee_6356de94-a1dd-471a-a05a-72600b75f5d3.jpg?v=1669695978","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-refugees-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}