{"product_id":"useful-phrases-for-immigrants-stories-paperback","title":"Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMay-Lee Chai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title story of this timely and innovative collection, a young woman wearing a Prada coat attempts to redeem a coupon for plastic storage bins while her in-laws are at home watching the Chinese news and taking her private phone calls. It is the lively and wise juxtaposition of cultures, generations, and emotions that characterize May-lee Chai's amazing stories. Within them, readers will find a complex blend of cultures spanning China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and finally, the world at large.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith luminous prose and sharp-eyed observations, Chai reveals her characters' hopes and fears, and our own: a grieving historian seeking solace from an old lover in Beijing, a young girl discovering her immigrant mother's infidelity, workers constructing a shopping mall in central China who make a shocking discovery. Families struggle with long-held grudges, reinvent traditions, and make mysterious visits to shadowy strangers from their past--all rendered with economy and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith hearts that break and sometimes mend, with families who fight and sometimes forgive, the timely stories in \u003cem\u003eUseful Phrases for Immigrants\u003c\/em\u003e illuminate complicated lives with empathy and passion. Chai's stories are essential reading for an increasingly globalized world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay-lee Chai is the author of ten books, including the memoir \u003cem\u003eHapa Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book; the novel \u003cem\u003eTiger Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, which won an Asian\/Pacific American Award for Literature; and her original translation from Chinese to English of the 1934 \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of Ba Jin\u003c\/em\u003e. Her award-winning short prose has been published widely, including in \u003cem\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMissouri Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrab Orchard Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e. The recipient of an NEA fellowship in prose, Chai is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Department at San Francisco State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772868526368,"sku":"9780932112767","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/798ce78df210cdf0f0a12bafc4f3890b.webp?v=1780415848","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/useful-phrases-for-immigrants-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}