{"product_id":"daughter-of-heaven-leslie-li-9781611456950","title":"Daughter of Heaven: A Memoir with Earthly Recipes","description":"In this powerful, touching memoir of a critically acclaimed Chinese-American writer, taste becomes the keeper of memory and food the keeper of culture when Nai-nai, her extraordinary grandmother, arrives from mainland China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeslie Li's paternal grandfather, Li Zogren, was China's first democratically elected vice president, to whom Chiang Kai-shek left control of the country when he fled to Formosa in 1949. Nine years later, Li's wife, Nai-nai, comes to live with her son's family in New York City, bringing a whole new world of sights, smells, and tastes as she quickly takes control of the kitchen. Nai-nai's tantalizingly exotic cooking opens up the heart and mind of her American granddaughter to her Chinese heritage--and to the world. Through her grandmother's traditional cuisine Leslie bridges the cultural divide in an America in which she is a minority--as well as the growing gap at home between her rigid, traditional Chinese father and her progressive American-born mother. Interspersed throughout her intimate and moving memoir are the author's personal recipes, most from Nai-nai's kitchen, that add a delicious dimension to the work. A loving ode to family and food, \u003ci\u003eDaughter of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite blend of memory, history, and the senses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611456959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611456950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Leslie Li","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761306398975,"sku":"9781611456950","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07e310ab-22ce-42ee-a7db-e13673aa4d7d.jpg?v=1706680954","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/daughter-of-heaven-leslie-li-9781611456950","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}