{"product_id":"book-axju","title":"The Book of Salt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[He] came to us through an advertisement that I had in desperation put in the newspaper.\" It began captivatingly for those days: \"Two American ladies wish…\" It was these lines in \u003ci\u003eThe Alice B. Toklas Cook Book\u003c\/i\u003e that inspired \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Salt.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Paris, 1934, B├¼nh has accompanied his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to the train station for their departure to America. His own destination is unclear: will he go with \"the Steins,\" stay in France, or return to his native Vietnam? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB├¼nh has fled his homeland in disgrace, leaving behind his malevolent charlatan of a father and his self-sacrificing mother. For five years, he has been the live-in cook at the famous apartment at 27 rue de Fleurus. Before B├¼nh's decision is revealed, his mesmerizing narrative catapults us back to his youth in French-colonized Vietnam, his years as a galley hand at sea, and his days turning out fragrant repasts for the doyennes of the lost generation. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49302615425328,"sku":"BDaxju","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49302615458096,"sku":"ZEaxju","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/axju-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775749756","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-axju","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}