{"product_id":"the-hungry-season-a-journey-of-war-love-and-survival-hardcover","title":"The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa M. Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eEditors' Choice A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2024 Plutarch Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, \u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Season\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"lyrical\" narrative with \"real suspense\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e): a nonfiction drama that \"reads like the best of fiction\" (Mark Arax), tracing one woman's journey from the mist-covered mountains of Laos to the sunbaked flatlands of Fresno, California as she struggles to overcome the wounds inflicted by war and family alike​.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As combat rages across the highlands of Vietnam and Laos, a child is born. Ia Moua enters the world at the bottom of the social order, both because she is part of the Hmong minority and because she is a daughter, not a son. When, at thirteen, she is promised in marriage to a man three times her age, it appears that Ia's future has been decided for her. But after brutal communist rule upends her life, this intrepid girl resolves to chart her own defiant path. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With ceaseless ambition and an indestructible spirit, Ia builds a new existence for herself and, before long, for her children, first in the refugee camps of Thailand and then in the industrial heartland of California's San Joaquin Valley. At the root of her success is a simple act: growing Hmong rice, just as her ancestors did, and selling it to those who hunger for the Laos of their memories. While the booming business brings her newfound power, it also forces her to face her own past. In order to endure the present, Ia must confront all that she left behind, and somehow find a place in her heart for those who chose to leave her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meticulously reported over seven years and written with the intimacy of a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Season\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one radiant woman's quest for survival--and for the nourishment that matters most. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter and photographer \u003cb\u003eLisa M. Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e has documented agriculture and rural communities around the world. She was a National Fellow with New America, and has received additional fellowships, grants and awards from the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, California Historical Society, Creative Work Fund, James Beard Foundation and others. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness\u003c\/i\u003e, and her feature articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's, McSweeney's, Virginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e California Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 9.45 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764442923296,"sku":"9780316415897","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/718a355b07f0e09c944ad0905bb98a56.webp?v=1780248406","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hungry-season-a-journey-of-war-love-and-survival-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}