{"product_id":"2940169692594","title":"The Book of Salt","description":"\u003cp\u003e¿[He] came to us through an advertisement that I had in desperation put in the newspaper.¿ It began captivatingly for those days: ¿Two American ladies wish¿¿ It was these lines in \u003ci\u003eThe Alice B. Toklas Cook Book\u003c\/i\u003e that inspired \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Salt.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Paris, 1934, Bình has accompanied his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to the train station for their departure to America. His own destination is unclear: will he go with ¿the Steins,¿ stay in France, or return to his native Vietnam? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBình has fled his homeland in disgrace, leaving behind his malevolent charlatan of a father and his self-sacrificing mother. For five years, he has been the live-in cook at the famous apartment at 27 rue de Fleurus. Before Bình¿s decision is revealed, his mesmerizing narrative catapults us back to his youth in French-colonized Vietnam, his years as a galley hand at sea, and his days turning out fragrant repasts for the doyennes of the lost generation. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104587006192,"sku":"2940169692594","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169692594_p0.jpg?v=1769898654","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169692594","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}