{"product_id":"harmless-like-you-rowan-hisayo-buchanan-9781324000747","title":"Harmless Like You","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten in startlingly beautiful prose, \u003cem\u003eHarmless Like You\u003c\/em\u003e is set across New York, Connecticut, and Berlin, following Yuki Oyama, a Japanese girl fighting to make it as an artist, and Yuki's son Jay who, as an adult in the present day, is forced to confront his mother's abandonment of him when he was only two years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel opens when Yuki is sixteen and her father is posted back to Japan. Though she and her family have been living as outsiders in New York City, Yuki opts to stay, intoxicated by her friendship with the beautiful aspiring model Odile, the energy of the city, and her desire to become an artist. But when she becomes involved with an older man and the relationship turns destructive, Yuki's life is unmoored. \u003cem\u003eHarmless Like You\u003c\/em\u003e is a suspenseful novel about the complexities of identity, art, adolescent friendships, and familial bonds that asks--and ultimately answers--how does a mother desert her son?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowan Hisayo Buchanan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324000740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324000747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017","brand":"Rowan Hisayo Buchanan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079786918143,"sku":"9781324000747","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bae0107-2870-4402-ba09-ae3c531945cc.jpg?v=1685483137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harmless-like-you-rowan-hisayo-buchanan-9781324000747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}