{"product_id":"9780715655627-river-east-river-west","title":"River East, River West","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e – a dark and glittering literary debut that traces a mixed family’s troubled trajectory through developing China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE AWARD 2024\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE MAYA ANGELOU BOOK AWARD 2024\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShanghai, 2007: feeling betrayed by her American mother’s engagement to their rich landlord Lu Fang, fourteen-year-old Alva begins plotting her escape. But the exclusive American School – a potential ticket out – is not what she imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQingdao, 1985: newlywed Lu Fang works as a lowly shipping clerk. Though he aspires to a bright future, he is one of many casualties of harsh political reforms. Then China opens up to foreigners and capital, and Lu Fang meets a\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewoman who makes him question what he should settle for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mesmerising reversal of the east–west immigrant narrative set against China’s economic boom, \u003cem\u003eRiver East, River West\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity and family, of capitalism’s false promise and private dreams. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41607324794977,"sku":"9780715655627","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36338484.jpg?v=1759409994","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780715655627-river-east-river-west","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}