{"product_id":"marble-mountain-wayne-karlin-9781931896436","title":"Marble Mountain","description":"Marble Mountain reads like a detective story as the protagonist, Kiet Hallam, an adopted daughter of African American and Vietnamese descent, searches for her true identity. Set in both America and Vietnam, and written from the perspective of both Americans and Vietnamese affected by the war, \u003ci\u003eMarble Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e explores the lasting damages of war to the soldiers who fought on both sides, to their families, and to the displaced and wounded children born during their parents' conflict.\u003cp\u003eKiet and her adoptive father, Alex Hallam--a Vietnam veteran working out his own tormented past through his passion for sculpting--travel to Vietnam. There, at Marble Mountain, a formation near Danang that is famous for its stone carvers and cave shrines, both will find the unresolved secrets of the past that connected them to each other even before Kiet was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne Karlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931896437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931896436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Wayne Karlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519654080767,"sku":"9781931896436","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_726145cb-5ec5-4109-aa54-a86731d5e72f.jpg?v=1778738039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marble-mountain-wayne-karlin-9781931896436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}