{"product_id":"river-east-river-west-paperback","title":"River East  River West (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Smart, confident storytelling. . . has perceptive things to say about the explosion of wealth in China and the fraught, totemic influence Americans have on the nation's psyche.\" -- Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart mesmerizing coming-of-age tale, part intimate family drama, this stunning debut novel follows a young woman searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShanghai, 2007: Feeling betrayed by her American mother's engagement to their rich landlord Lu Fang, teenager Alva begins plotting her escape. But the exclusive American School--a potential ticket out--is not what she imagined, and she's surprised to discover an institution run by an exclusive community of expats, and the ever-wilder thrills of a city where foreigners can ostensibly act as they please.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQingdao, 1985: Newlywed Lu Fang works as a lowly shipping clerk. Though he aspires to a bright future, he is one of many casualties of harsh political reforms. Then China opens up to foreigners and capital, and Lu Fang meets a woman who makes him question what he should settle for.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeamlessly alternating between these two points of view, River East, River West explores complex questions of identity as Alva comes of age: Is she a local or a foreigner? Who is this man her mother married, and can he be a father when she never had one? A powerful reversal of the east-to-west immigrant narrative set against China's economic rise, this lauded debut novel is a profoundly moving portrait of girlhood, race, and class, cultural identity and belonging, as it is the seductive allure of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Delicately nuanced, devilishly propulsive, and achingly human, this is a coming-of-age story like no other.\" --Oprah Daily\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rey Lescure, Aube","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337279467794,"sku":"9780063257863","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/13782733482210_a06592df-5557-4061-a831-6e77ff10f5ea.jpg?v=1780439222","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/river-east-river-west-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}