{"product_id":"ahn-love-paperback","title":"Ahn Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Park\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNora Nazerene Abu Bakar, Vice President and Publisher at Penguin Southeast Asia, praises the work as \"a novel of extraordinary literary ambition and emotional depth.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAARP's \"Fall 2026 Books Preview: 41 of the Season's Top Reads\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eELLE India Magazine's \"Must-Read Books of 2026\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Book of the Month\" Selection by the Untitled Book Club (Malaysia)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What a gorgeous gorgeous book... a beautiful reflection on life and love\" --NetGalley Reviewer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If you're looking for a story that feels like a fever dream of nostalgia and heartbreak, you really have to pick up \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhn Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e by Frances Park\" --Goodreads Reviewer \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA dreamy, poignant romp, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhn Love \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eopens with Margaret visiting her widowed father, Sam Ahn, on his ninetieth birthday. His crippling loneliness―anchored in the belief that if his orchids ever bloom, his late wife will return―transports Margaret back to the summer of 1969 and the Ahns' seven-day cruise across the Pacific.\u003c\/b\u003e On that fateful voyage, a teenage Margaret―nicknamed Monkey―witnessed the unraveling of her family: her beloved but servile Uncle Bong's betrayal, her mother's fateful encounter with a Brazilian playboy, and the first stirrings of her own awakening. Amid the glittering decks and restless seas, Margaret experiences the dizzying highs and crushing lows of youth―magic, tragic, exotic, and erotic―all new to her, including a brief but intoxicating romance with the dashing Adam Kang, a young Korean Brit. As memory and present entwine, \u003ci\u003eAhn Love\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a tender meditation on desire, loss, and the fragile beauty of time―where the seeds of love and heartbreak are sown in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Park\u003c\/b\u003e is a Korean American author of novels and memoirs published around the world. Her books have been praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Korea Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Korean Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Taipei Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVoice of America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRadio Free Asia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCNN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer stories reflect an identity shaped by two worlds. In her novel \u003ci\u003eBlue Rice\u003c\/i\u003e, a Korean woman who survived the war must adjust to 1960s white America while confronting the pain of her husband's desertion. Her poignant novel \u003ci\u003eThe Summer My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon\u003c\/i\u003e explores the spiritual dislocation of two Korean American sisters growing up in Washington, DC suburbia in the 1970s. Her memoir-in-essays \u003ci\u003eThat Lonely Spell\u003c\/i\u003e was praised by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a fresh take on the Korean American memoir by a writer from a generation whose voice has seldom been heard.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances's award-winning short stories and essays have appeared in over fifty literary magazines, including \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Columbia Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArts \u0026amp; Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bellevue Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. The loss of her father at a young age haunts much of her writing. In \u003ci\u003eAhn Love\u003c\/i\u003e, she imagines him as he might have been had he lived to the age of ninety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances lives outside Washington, DC. Visit her at parksisters.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.71 x 4.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972622483763,"sku":"9789815266351","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/oPQ6fD7egm9789815266351.webp?v=1794430489","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/ahn-love-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}