{"product_id":"shanghailanders","title":"Shanghailanders","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eShanghailanders\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJuli Min\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781954118607\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSpiegel \u0026amp; Grau\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction * \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 * \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A thrilling, futuristic family drama that captures the joys, disappointments, and inside jokes of one Shanghai family in reverse chronological order. . . . By giving readers the gift of hindsight, Min shows how one enigmatic family falls apart and comes back together over several decades.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a wise observer \"of the ever-complicated matters of the heart\" (Kirstin Chen) comes an unforgettable debut novel about a changing family in a changing world.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo the outside world, Leo and Eko Yang and their three charming daughters seem to have it all--wealth, beauty, and brains to match. They live in the privileged world of international Shanghai while jet-setting to their secondary homes in France, Japan, and the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Leo and Eko are at a crossroads. Their daughters are almost grown. Leo is nearing the end of a wildly successful career in Shanghai real estate, while Eko's reach as an artist is only growing. After twenty-five years, what are the bonds keeping them together? What are the foundations of a family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in the year 2040 and moving backward through the present to 2014, \u003ci\u003eShanghailanders\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers into the world of each of the Yangs, as well as the people in their orbit--a nanny from the provinces, a private driver with a penchant for danger, and a grandmother whose memories of the past echo the present. Along the way, Juli Min shows how a family makes and remakes itself over the years: what unites us and slowly drives us apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorgeously written and brilliantly constructed, \u003ci\u003eShanghailanders\u003c\/i\u003e is the introduction of a major new literary talent. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Spiegel \u0026 Grau","offers":[{"title":"Shanghailanders | Juli Min | Hardcover | 9781954118607 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks R 1759001","offer_id":49192323743896,"sku":"1759001","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91WwKh0m42L.jpg?v=1780517337","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/shanghailanders","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}