{"product_id":"all-that-work-and-still-kathryn-ma-9781587298226","title":"All That Work and Still No Boys","description":"How do we survive our family, stay bound to our community, and keep from losing ourselves? In \"All That Work and Still No Boys,\" Kathryn Ma exposes the deepest fears and longings that we mask in family life and observes the long shadows cast by history and displacement. \u003cbr\u003e Here are ten stories that wound and satisfy in equal measure. Ma probes the immigrant experience, most particularly among northern California's Chinese Americans, illuminating for us the confounding nature of duty, transformation, and loss. A boy exposed to racial hatred finds out the true difference between his mother and his father. Two old rivals briefly lay down their weapons, but loneliness and despair won't let them forget the past. A young Beijing tour guide with a terrible family secret must take an adopted Chinese girl and her American family to visit an orphanage. And in the prize-winning title story, a mother refuses to let her son save her life, insisting instead on a sacrifice by her daughter. \u003cbr\u003e Intimate in detail and universal in theme, these stories give us the compelling voice of an exciting new author whose intelligence, insight, and wit imparts a sense of grace to the bitter resentments and enduring ties that comprise family love. Even through the tensions Ma creates so deftly, the peace and security that come from building and belonging to one's own community shine forth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Ma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1587298228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587298226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 5.56w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 46","brand":"Kathryn Ma","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939813622015,"sku":"9781587298226","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_398e2906-d530-48aa-8682-29d71f6e899d.jpg?v=1681443640","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/all-that-work-and-still-kathryn-ma-9781587298226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}