{"product_id":"the-girl-before-her-paperback","title":"The Girl Before Her - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLine Papin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdriana Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA coming-of-age tale of dislocation and inherited trauma from the acclaimed young French Vietnamese novelist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench Vietnamese writer Line Papin's stunning English-language debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Before Her\u003c\/i\u003e offers a window onto the existential anguish of displacement as experienced by a child on the cusp of becoming a woman. Uprooted without explanation from the sunshine and chaos of Hà Nội at the age of ten, the narrator finds herself adrift in the unfamiliar, gray world of France and grappling with a deep sense of uncertainty about who she is and where she belongs. Lacking the words to express her growing sense of alienation, she stops talking, then eating. She is hospitalized and almost dies from anorexia. Part meditation, part family history, part message in a bottle to her younger selves, Papin's lyrical work of autofiction explores what it takes to embrace one's multiracial, transnational self by making peace with the generations of women who've come before. \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Before Her\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to be published by Ink \u0026amp; Blood, a new joint imprint from Kaya Press and the Diasporic Vietnamese Artist Network (DVAN), which aims to bring Vietnamese literary voices from across the globe to English readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765729952032,"sku":"9781885030832","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8cc5e64c43748878c6edc3b611a1f231.webp?v=1780278151","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-girl-before-her-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}