{"product_id":"what-we-kept-to-ourselves-library-binding","title":"What We Kept to Ourselves - Library Binding","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Jooyoun Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Reese's Book Club pick \u003ci\u003eThe Last Story of Mina Lee \u003c\/i\u003ereturns with a timely and surprising new novel about a family's search for answers following the disappearance of their mother.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1999: The Kim family is struggling to move on after their mother, Sunny, vanished a year ago. Sixty-one-year-old John Kim feels more isolated from his grown children, Anastasia and Ronald, than ever before. But one evening, their fragile lives are further upended when John finds the body of a stranger in the backyard, carrying a letter to Sunny, leaving the family with more questions than ever about the stranger's history and possible connections to their mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1977: Sunny is pregnant and has just moved to Los Angeles from Korea with her aloof and often-absent husband. America is not turning out the way she had dreamed it to be, and the loneliness and isolation are broken only by a fateful encounter at a bus stop. The unexpected connection spans the decades and echoes into the family's lives in the present as they uncover devastating secrets that put not only everything they thought they knew about their mother but their very lives at risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth a riveting page-turner and moving family story, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Kept to Ourselves \u003c\/i\u003emasterfully explores the consequences of secrets between parents and children, hus-bands and wives. It is the story of one unforgettable family's search for home when all seems lost, and a powerful meditation on identity, migration, and what it means to dream in America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Jooyoun Kim is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e What We Kept to Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Story of Mina Lee\u003c\/i\u003e, a Reese's Book Club pick. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736083632191,"sku":"9798885794787","price":69.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2a805c05c3579d610691cd6142b75b71.webp?v=1765145644","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-we-kept-to-ourselves-library-binding","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}