{"product_id":"9780241956489-buddha-in-the-attic-the","title":"The Buddha in the Attic","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the first and second world wars a group of young, non-English-speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. They were picture brides, clutching photos of husbands-to-be whom they had yet to meet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An understated masterpiece' \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Her wisdom is staggeringly beautiful, implicating each of us' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the First World War, a group of young women is brought by boat from Japan to San Francisco. They are picture brides, promised the American Dream, clutching photographs of the husbands they have yet to meet, imagining uncertain futures on unknown shores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStruggling to master a new language and culture, they experience tremulous first nights as new wives, backbreaking work in the fields and in the homes of white women, and, later, the raising of children who will ultimately reject their heritage and their history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then war arrives once more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulie Otsuka tells their extraordinary, heartbreaking story in this spellbinding and poetic account of strangers lost and alone in a new and deeply foreign land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tender, nuanced, empathetic exploration of the sorrows and consolations of a whole generation of women' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30343542866017,"sku":"9780241956489","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32395557.jpg?v=1737224534","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241956489-buddha-in-the-attic-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}