{"product_id":"things-we-lost-to-the-water-paperback","title":"Things We Lost to the Water (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA debut novel following an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans, tracing how each member adapts to American life in the shadow of an absent father and a country left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons, she is jobless, homeless, and separated from her husband Cong, who remains in Vietnam. As years pass and reunion becomes impossible, her sons Tuan and Binh — now going by Ben — forge divergent paths: one drawn toward his Vietnamese heritage through a local gang, the other embracing his adopted homeland and identity. When disaster strikes New Orleans, the fractured family must find a new way to hold together. Named to President Obama's Summer 2021 Reading List and cited by \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as one of fifteen books to watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Nguyen, Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished in 2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by Penguin Random House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780593311035\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43282080039161,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/5528\/4888\/products\/THINGSWELOST.jpg?v=1628283158","url":"https:\/\/shophnoc.com\/products\/things-we-lost-to-the-water-paperback","provider":"The Shop at The Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}