{"product_id":"the-hungry-season-lisa-m-hamilton-9780316415897","title":"The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival","description":"\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eEditors' Choice A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2024 Plutarch Award Longlisted for the 2023 California Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, \u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Season\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"lyrical\" narrative with \"real suspense\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e): a nonfiction drama that \"reads like the best of fiction\" (Mark Arax), tracing one woman's journey from the mist-covered mountains of Laos to the sunbaked flatlands of Fresno, California as she struggles to overcome the wounds inflicted by war and family alike​.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As combat rages across the highlands of Vietnam and Laos, a child is born. Ia Moua enters the world at the bottom of the social order, both because she is part of the Hmong minority and because she is a daughter, not a son. When, at thirteen, she is promised in marriage to a man three times her age, it appears that Ia's future has been decided for her. But after brutal communist rule upends her life, this intrepid girl resolves to chart her own defiant path. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With ceaseless ambition and an indestructible spirit, Ia builds a new existence for herself and, before long, for her children, first in the refugee camps of Thailand and then in the industrial heartland of California's San Joaquin Valley. At the root of her success is a simple act: growing Hmong rice, just as her ancestors did, and selling it to those who hunger for the Laos of their memories. While the booming business brings her newfound power, it also forces her to face her own past. In order to endure the present, Ia must confront all that she left behind, and somehow find a place in her heart for those who chose to leave her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meticulously reported over seven years and written with the intimacy of a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Season\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one radiant woman's quest for survival--and for the nourishment that matters most. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa M. Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316415898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316415897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.37w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2023","brand":"Lisa M. Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133194629375,"sku":"9780316415897","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ad27c46-98df-425f-bb2c-d1827ac69ca4.jpg?v=1687484642","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hungry-season-lisa-m-hamilton-9780316415897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}