{"product_id":"2940172097966","title":"The Unpassing : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing debut that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American dream through an immigrant family in Alaska.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Chia-Chia Lin¿s debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Unpassing\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. The father, hardworking but beaten down, is employed as a plumber and repairman while the mother, a loving, strong-willed, and unpredictably emotional matriarch, holds the house together. When 10-year-old Gavin contracts meningitis at school, he falls into a deep, nearly fatal coma. He wakes up a week later to learn that his little sister Ruby was infected, too. She did not survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoutine takes over for the grieving family: The siblings care for each other as they befriend a neighboring family and explore the woods; distance grows between the parents as they deal with their loss separately. But things spiral when the father, increasingly guilt ridden after Ruby¿s death, is sued for not properly installing a septic tank, which results in grave harm to a little boy. In the ensuing chaos, what really happened to Ruby finally emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith flowing prose that evokes the terrifying beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, Lin explores the fallout after the loss of a child and the way in which a family is forced to grieve in a place that doesn¿t yet feel like home. Emotionally raw and subtly suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eThe Unpassing\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply felt family saga that dismisses the American dream for a harsher but ultimately more profound reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151005499632,"sku":"2940172097966","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172097966_p0.jpg?v=1763753156","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172097966","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}