{"product_id":"owner-of-a-lonely-heart-beth-nguyen-9781797158839","title":"Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eStealing Buddha's Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAt the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her father, sister, grandmother, and uncles fled Saigon for America. Beth's mother stayed--or was left--behind, and they did not meet again until Beth was nineteen. Over the course of her adult life, she and her mother have spent less than twenty-four hours together. \u003ci\u003eOwner of a Lonely Heart \u003c\/i\u003eis a memoir about parenthood, absence, and the condition of being a refugee: the story of Beth's relationship with her mother. Framed by a handful of visits over the course of many years--sometimes brief, sometimes interrupted, sometimes with her mother alone and sometimes with her sister--Beth tells a coming-of-age story that spans her own Midwestern childhood, her first meeting with her mother, and becoming a parent herself. Vivid and illuminating, \u003ci\u003eOwner of a Lonely Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply personal story of family, connection, and belonging: as a daughter, a mother, and as a Vietnamese refugee in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 179715883X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781797158839\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 07\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.59h x 5.75w x 0.55d","brand":"Beth Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44149624209663,"sku":"9781797158839","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca5ff25c-fe00-494b-9908-55c622d54f0b.jpg?v=1688457684","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/owner-of-a-lonely-heart-beth-nguyen-9781797158839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}