{"product_id":"book-cp2a","title":"Vi","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe perfect complement to the exquisitely wrought novels \u003ci\u003eRu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMãn\u003c\/i\u003e, Canada Reads winner Kim Thúy returns with \u003ci\u003eVi\u003c\/i\u003e, exploring the lives, loves and struggles of Vietnamese refugees as they reinvent themselves in new lands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father who  never had to grow up, Vi was the youngest of their four children and  the only girl. They gave her a name that meant \"precious, tiny one,\"  destined to be cosseted and protected, the family's little treasure.\u003cbr\u003e      But the Vietnam War destroys life as they've known it. Vi, along with  her mother and brothers, manages to escape-but her father stays behind,  leaving a painful void as the rest of the family must make a new life  for themselves in Canada.\u003cbr\u003e     While her family puts down roots, life  has different plans for Vi. Taken under the wing of Hà, a worldly  family friend, and her diplomat lover, Vi tests personal boundaries and  crosses international ones, letting the winds of life buffet her. From  Saigon to Montreal, from Suzhou to Boston to the fall of the Berlin  Wall, she is witness to the immensity of geography, the intricate fabric  of humanity, the complexity of love, the infinite possibilities before  her. Ever the quiet observer, somehow Vi must find a way to finally take  her place in the world.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49331834224944,"sku":"BDcp2a","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cp2a-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776319385","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cp2a","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}