{"product_id":"9781804949368-my-other-heart","title":"My Other Heart","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautifully told story of family, identity, loss and belonging' \u003c\/b\u003eJENNIE GODFREY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Poignant and powerful’ \u003c\/b\u003eJEAN KWOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully written and accomplished' \u003c\/b\u003eNUSSAIBAH YOUNIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Authentic and full of life' \u003c\/b\u003eJESSICA STANLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I am bereft to have finished it! From the suburbs of Philadelphia to the streets of Saigon, I was completely immersed in the lives of these very special characters. I loved it.' \u003c\/b\u003eEMILY ITAMI, author of \u003ci\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMay 1998: Mimi Traung and her baby daughter wait restlessly at the gates of Philadelphia airport. While they prepare to board their flight to Vietnam, the unimaginable happens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen years later in the quiet suburbs of Chestnut Hill, two best friends in search of their roots discuss their summer plans. Sabrina is preparing to travel to China to meet her mother’s family while Kit leaves for Tokyo, convinced that her biological mother is Japanese.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach of these women are looking to find their place in the world. Eventually, Mimi, Kit and Sabrina come face to face, forced to confront the people they truly are, dismantling their own assumptions about belonging and the importance of blood ties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADER REVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e'An emotional whirlwind . A magnificent coming-of-age novel'\u003cbr\u003e'At times heartbreaking and other times joyfully life-affirming . This is a novel that spans decades and continents, yet remains deeply intimate and moving'\u003cbr\u003e'The type of book you can't put down'\u003cbr\u003e'A rights of passage tale with a twist'\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":56409897566582,"sku":"9781804949368","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41102681.jpg?v=1777574951","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804949368-my-other-heart","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}