{"product_id":"across-a-green-ocean-9781617734878","title":"Across a Green Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wendy Lee\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Kensington Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Family Life - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA widow and her two grown children search for answers about the past in both America and China, in this insightful novel of an immigrant family's journey.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e After a lifetime of sacrifice, Ling's husband has passed away. Though she has both a son and a daughter to comfort her, she has struggled to understand how they live their lives--Emily, an immigration lawyer in New York City, inexplicably refuses to have children; and Michael is unable to commit to a relationship or a career.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Michael yearns for a deeper connection to his family, but has never been able to find the courage to come out to them as gay. But when he finds a letter to his father from a long-ago friend--written mostly in Chinese except for a mysterious line at the end: \u003cem\u003eEverything has been forgiven\u003c\/em\u003e--he impulsively travels to China in the hopes of learning more about a man he never really knew. In this rapidly modernizing country, he begins to understand his father's decisions--including one that reverberates into the present day. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Ling and Emily question their own choices, trying to forge a path that bends toward new loves and fresh beginnings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003cem\u003eHappy Family\u003c\/em\u003e, named one of the top ten debuts of the year by \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a powerfully honest novel that captures the complexity of the immigrant experience, exploring one family's hidden history, unspoken hurts, and search for a place to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kensington Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411906224279,"sku":"9781617734878","price":1379.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781617734878.webp?v=1767150169","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/across-a-green-ocean-9781617734878","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}