{"product_id":"unpassing-chia-chia-lin-9781250619457","title":"Unpassing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 NBCC John Leonard Prize for Best First Book. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. One of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2019. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of 2019 by \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA singularly vast and captivating novel . . . What makes Lin's novel such an important book is the extent to which it probes America's mythmaking about itself. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA searing debut novel that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American dream through an immigrant family in Alaska\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Chia-Chia Lin's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Unpassing\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. The father, hardworking but beaten down, is employed as a plumber and repairman, while the mother, a loving, strong-willed, and unpredictably emotional matriarch, holds the house together. When ten-year-old Gavin contracts meningitis at school, he falls into a deep, nearly fatal coma. He wakes up a week later to learn that his little sister Ruby was infected, too. She did not survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Routine takes over for the grieving family: the siblings care for each other as they befriend a neighboring family and explore the woods; distance grows between the parents as they deal with their loss separately. But things spiral when the father, increasingly guilt ridden after Ruby's death, is sued for not properly installing a septic tank, which results in grave harm to a little boy. In the ensuing chaos, what really happened to Ruby finally emerges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith flowing prose that evokes the terrifying beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, Lin explores the fallout after the loss of a child and the way in which a family is forced to grieve in a place that doesn't yet feel like home. Emotionally raw and subtly suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eThe Unpassing\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply felt family saga that dismisses the American dream for a harsher, but ultimately more profound, reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chia-Chia Lin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250619459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250619457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador Paper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Chia-Chia Lin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048551641343,"sku":"9781250619457","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96d19ad7-0c93-404e-b103-733327a15ea0.jpg?v=1684996430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unpassing-chia-chia-lin-9781250619457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}