{"product_id":"the-woman-warrior-maxine-hong-kingston-9780679721888","title":"The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e- An exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it has become a classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities--immigrant, female, Chinese, American. \u003cb\u003e- NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A classic, for a reason.\" --Celeste Ng, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOur Missing Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e, via Twitter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother's \"talk stories.\" The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother's tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston's sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family's past and her own present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxine Hong Kingston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679721886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679721888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Books USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e70324 \/ Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1992 pg. 503\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2002 pg. 1301\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/10\/2008 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2008 pg. 14","brand":"Maxine Hong Kingston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053280784639,"sku":"9780679721888","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_935ca86e-31a9-4936-b288-d23981d86936.jpg?v=1685023463","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-woman-warrior-maxine-hong-kingston-9780679721888","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}