{"product_id":"grass-roof-tin-roof","title":"Grass Roof, Tin Roof","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning novel about a Vietnamese family resettling in the isolation of California gold country, Dao Strom investigates the myth of westward progress and the consequences of cultural displacement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from multiple perspectives and interwoven with the intimate reflections of a middle child, Grass Roof, Tin Roof begins with the story of Tran, a Vietnamese writer facing government persecution, who flees her homeland during the exodus of 1975 and brings her two children to the West. Here she marries a Danish American man who has survived a different war. He promises understanding and guidance, but the psychic consequences of his past soon hinder his relationships with the family. The children, for whom the war is now a distant shadow, struggle to understand the world around them on their own terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn delicate, innovative prose, Strom's characters experience the collision of cultures and the spiritual aftermath of war on the most visceral level. Grass Roof, Tin Roof is a beautiful work of profundity and empathy, powerful emotion and rare insight.","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833300037837,"sku":"9780618145591","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_1a7b93fc-1696-4f5b-b69a-6e477b7be59f.jpg?v=1790816186","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/grass-roof-tin-roof","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}