{"product_id":"the-waiting-years-kao-kalia-yang-9780823455577","title":"The Waiting Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mesmerizing true story of a young Hmong girl in Minnesota that celebrates the immigrant experience.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt fourteen years old, Kalia feels like two different girls. At home, she is the reliable daughter who makes dinner and takes care of her younger siblings, while her older sister is in class and her parents work long hours. But at school, she is silent, shy--waiting for the day her life will really begin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKalia and her family are Hmong refugees who have immigrated to St. Paul, Minnesota, into a tiny, dilapidated house. \u003ci\u003eThe Waiting Years\u003c\/i\u003e takes us through Kalia's high school years, as she struggles to find her voice in a place she feels she doesn't belong. She records it all in her journals--her crushes on boys and attempts to pass the driver's test, as well as her insecurities and struggle with lupus, a debilitating auto-immune disease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waiting Years\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving memoir of a storyteller's formative years, honoring her past and forging her future, that celebrates an immigrant community in Minnesota, from award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Latehomecomer\u003c\/i\u003e, Kao Kalia Yang.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kao Kalia Yang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823455572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823455577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Kao Kalia Yang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874621862143,"sku":"9780823455577","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-waiting-years-kao-kalia-yang-9780823455577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}