{"product_id":"nothing-follows-paperback","title":"Nothing Follows - 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\u003eLan P. Duong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title of this debut collection, \u003cem\u003eNothing Follows\u003c\/em\u003e, is re-appropriated from a government document establishing the beginning of a refugee family's time in the United States. At every coordinate of their lives, the refugee family provides affidavits, letters, and reams of paperwork as they work to beseech those in power to grant them \"family reunification\" visas for those they had to leave behind in 1975 after the fall of Saigon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNothing Follows \u003c\/em\u003edraws from the genres of memoir and poetry. Written from a young girl's perspective, the center of this world is a military father, an absent mother, sisters who come and go, broken brothers, and friends she meets in San José. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith each place the book travels through--from Butler, Pennsylvania, to San José, California--we see that racism, objectification, and sexual violence permeate the realities of the narrator and those close to her. In marking the journey, Lan Duong recreates the portraits of the girl's friends and family and maps out refugee girlhoods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpiked with violence, pleasure, and longing, these refuges are questionable sanctuaries for those refugee girls who have grown up during the 1980s in the aftermath of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726131327283,"sku":"9781682831847","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WFhyK3gwdnEwVlltcjRoQUtEVldiUT09.webp?v=1763729809","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/nothing-follows-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}