{"product_id":"dear-chrysanthemums-fiona-sze-lorrain-9781797158242","title":"Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA startling and vivid debut novel in stories from acclaimed poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain featuring deeply compelling Asian women who reckon with the past, violence, and exile--set in Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Paris, and New York.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Cooking for Madame Chiang,\" 1946\u003c\/b\u003e: Two cooks work for Madame Chiang Kai-shek and prepare a foreign dish craved by their mistress, which becomes a political weapon and leads to their tragic end. \"\u003cb\u003eDeath at the Wukang Mansion,\" 1966\u003c\/b\u003e: Punished for her extramarital affair, a dancer is transferred to Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution and assigned to an ominous apartment in a building whose other residents often depart in coffins. \u003cb\u003e\"The White Piano,\" 1996\u003c\/b\u003e: A budding pianist from New York City settles down in Paris and is assaulted when a mysterious piano arrives from Singapore. \u003cb\u003e\"The Invisible Window,\" 2016\u003c\/b\u003e: After their exile following the Tiananmen Square massacre, three women gather in a French cathedral to renew their friendship and reunite in their grief and faith. Evocative, vivid, disturbing, and written with a masterly ear for language, \u003ci\u003eDear Chrysanthemums\u003c\/i\u003e renders a devastating portrait of diasporic life and inhumanity, as well as a tender web of shared memory, artistic expression, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiona Sze-Lorrain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1797158244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781797158242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.67h x 5.75w x 0.63d","brand":"Fiona Sze-Lorrain","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44078671986943,"sku":"9781797158242","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9505e8da-50b5-4adc-b2e5-f7843fe915e5.jpg?v=1685476844","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-chrysanthemums-fiona-sze-lorrain-9781797158242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}