{"product_id":"em-paperback","title":"Em - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Thuy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSheila Fischman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel of the emotional intricacies of trauma and exile; a love story borne of the legacy of violence from the Vietnam war and the North American Vietnamese diaspora. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the award-winning author of the international bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eRu\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist of the New Academy Prize in Literature\u003cbr\u003eFinalist Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Prix du Grand Public--Salon du livre de Montréal\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Grand Prix RTL-Lire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmma-Jade and Louis are born into the havoc of the Vietnam War. Orphaned, saved and cared for by adults coping with the chaos of Saigon in free-fall, they become children of the Vietnamese diaspora. \u003ci\u003eEm\u003c\/i\u003e is not a romance in any usual sense of the word, but it is a word whose homonym--\u003ci\u003eaime\u003c\/i\u003e, love--resonates on every page, a book powered by love in the larger sense. A portrait of Vietnamese identity emerges that is wholly remarkable, honed in wartime violence that borders on genocide, and then by the ingenuity, sheer grit and intelligence of Vietnamese former refugees who go on to build some of the most powerful small business empires in North America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn many ways, \u003ci\u003eEm\u003c\/i\u003e is Kim Thúy's most personal book, the one in which she trusts her readers enough to share with them not only the pervasive love she feels but also the rage and the horror at what she and so many other children of the Vietnam War had to live through. Written in Thúy's trademark prose-poetic style, \u003ci\u003eEm\u003c\/i\u003e reveals her fascination with connection. With characters linked by birth and destiny, the novel zigzags between the rubber plantations of Indochina, daily life in Saigon during the war as people find ways to survive and help each other, the evacuation of thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975 via Operation Babylift, and today's global nail polish and nail salon industry that is largely driven by former Vietnamese refugees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are human lives shaped both by unspeakable trauma and also by the beautiful sacrifices of those who made sure some of these children survived and thrived.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Saigon in 1968, \u003cb\u003e Kim Thúy \u003c\/b\u003eleft Vietnam with the boat people when she was 10 and settled in Quebec with her family. As well as being a writer, she has degrees in translation and law and has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer and restaurant owner. Her debut novel, Ru, was published in 2009 and became a bestseller in Quebec and in France, garnering several prestigious literary awards, including a Governor General's Award in 2010. Translation rights have been sold in twenty-eight languages. She has also written À toi (Yours), with Pascal Janovjak, Mãn and Vi--in addition to a cookbook, Le Secret des Vietnamiennes (Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen). Kim's books have sold more than a million copies worldwide. She recently received the highest honor in the country, the National Order of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54051478995251,"sku":"9781644215630","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MnYXbl5QA39781644215630.webp?v=1788996177","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/em-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}