{"product_id":"memory-piece-barack-obamas-reading-list-2024-9780349704340","title":"Memory Piece: Barack Obama's Reading List 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lisa Ko\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMUST-READ BOOK OF 2024 | A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVOGUE \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2024 | ONE OF BARACK OBAMA''S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e''There''s no doubting Ko''s talent'' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e''Ambitious . . . [Ko] is unafraid to wrangle big ideas'' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e''One of those rare, sumptuous tales'' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eElle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs teenagers, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong and Ellen Ng are drawn together by their sense of alienation. ''Allied in the weirdest parts of themselves,'' they embark on a future defined by freedom and creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the time they are adults, their dreams are murkier. As Giselle navigates an unfamiliar elite social world, Jackie contends with the internet''s sinister shift towards surveillance and Ellen confronts the gentrification and policing overwhelming her New York City neighbourhood, they must reckon with a world radically different from the one they dreamed of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the pre-digital 1980s to the visionary subcultures of the 1990s to a strikingly imagined portrait of the 2040s, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMemory Piece\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is an innovative and audacious story of friendship, art and ambition that asks: what is the value of a meaningful life?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45847867883671,"sku":"9780349704340","price":390.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780349704340.webp?v=1769297226","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/memory-piece-barack-obamas-reading-list-2024-9780349704340","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}