{"product_id":"what-we-were-promised","title":"What We Were Promised","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhat We Were Promised\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLucy Tan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780316437189\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLittle, Brown and Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition, First Printing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\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\u003eSet in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One morning, in the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lina discovers that a treasured ivory bracelet has gone missing. This incident sets off a wave of unease that ripples throughout the Zhen household. Wei, a marketing strategist, bows under the guilt of not having engaged in nobler work. Meanwhile, Lina, lonely in her new life of leisure, assumes the modern moniker taitai -a housewife who does no housework at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She is haunted by the circumstances surrounding her arranged marriage to Wei and her lingering feelings for his brother, Qiang. Sunny, the family's housekeeper, is a keen but silent observer of these tensions. An unmarried woman trying to carve a place for herself in society, she understands the power of well-kept secrets. When Qiang reappears in Shanghai after decades on the run with a local gang, the family must finally come to terms with the past and its indelible mark on their futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From a silk-producing village in rural China, up the corporate ladder in suburban America, and back again to the post-Maoist nouveaux riches of modern Shanghai, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Were Promised\u003c\/i\u003e explores the question of what we owe to our country, our families, and ourselves.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"What We Were Promised | Lucy Tan | Hardcover | 9780316437189 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1760238","offer_id":49199075295384,"sku":"1760238","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/41ZYsRKjDRL.jpg?v=1780694407","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/what-we-were-promised","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}