{"product_id":"2940170069323","title":"The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young Hmong woman tells the true story of her grandmother's struggles to bring her family out of war-torn Laos to a new homeland in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 70s and 80s, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to the United States¿all in search of a new place to call home. Decades later, their experiences remain largely unknown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKao Kalia Yang was driven to tell her own family¿s story after her grandmother¿s death. \u003ci\u003eThe Latehomecomer\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to that grandmother, a remarkable woman whose spirit held her family together through their imprisonment in Laos, their narrow escape into Thailand¿s Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, their immigration to St. Paul when Yang was only six years old, and their transition to life in America. It is also an eloquent, firsthand account of a people who have worked hard to make their voices heard in their adopted homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098207207664,"sku":"2940170069323","price":24.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170069323_p0.jpg?v=1763701114","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170069323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}