{"product_id":"though-i-get-home","title":"Though I Get Home","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThough I Get Home\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eYZ Chin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781936932160\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Feminist Press at CUNY\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A welcome read in American contemporary literature. Though I Get Home is an intimate and complex look into Malaysian culture and politics, and a reminder of the importance of art in the struggle for social justice.\" --Ana Castillo, author of \u003cem\u003eSo Far from God \u003c\/em\u003eand prize judge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these stories, characters navigate fate via deft sleights of hand: A grandfather gambles on the monsoon rains; a consort finds herself a new assignment; a religious man struggles to keep his demons at bay. Central to the book is Isabella Sin, a small-town girl--and frustrated writer--transformed into a prisoner of conscience in Malaysia's most notorious detention camp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize, YZ Chin's debut reexamines the relationship between the global and the intimate. Against a backdrop of globalization, individuals buck at what seems inevitable--seeking to stake out space for the inner motivations that shift, but still persist, in the face of changing and challenging circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYZ Chin \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born and raised in Taiping, Malaysia. She now lives in New York, working as a software engineer by day and a writer by night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Feminist Press at CUNY","offers":[{"title":"Though I Get Home | YZ Chin | Paperback | 9781936932160 | New | Fiction 1286576","offer_id":50550624911618,"sku":"1286576","price":29.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71rAvnrnetL.jpg?v=1790470402","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/though-i-get-home","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}