{"product_id":"9780449912324","title":"Middle Heart, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"TRULY MOVING  . . . BETTE BAO LORD IS AT HER STRONGEST.\"\u003cbr\u003e—The Boston Globe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1932, as China shamefully kowtows under Japanese occupation, three unlikely companions are fatefully bound by their steadfast patriotism: Steel Hope, heir to a once-great aristocracy; Mountain Pine, his crippled, scholarly servant; and Firecrackers, a poor gravekeeper's daughter. In a youthful pact, they call themselves \"Brothers of the Middle Heart,\" vowing to defend their country to the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet as war and, later, the Communist Revolution ignite, cruel circumstances separate them. One becomes a political leader, one a writer, one an actress. But despite incessant historical upheaval, their lives continue to intertwine in poignant, often tragic, ways. Enmeshed in a love triangle, they will live to see their loyalty to one another tested again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these three richly drawn characters, Bette Bao Lord re-creates the stirring drama of twentieth-century China. In vivid, haunting prose she evokes the outrages that marred fifty years of the Chinese people's existence—and illuminates the remarkable resilience that defines them to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022088552688,"sku":"9780449912324","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780449912324_p0.jpg?v=1763703647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780449912324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}