{"product_id":"9780547972831","title":"Grass Roof, Tin Roof: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Vietnamese family flees its war-torn home and resettles in California, in a novel that offers a “brilliant exploration of exile, loss, and identity” (Robert Olen Butler).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Told from multiple perspectives and spanning several decades, \u003ci\u003eGrass Roof, Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the story of Tran, a Vietnamese writer facing government persecution, who flees her homeland during the exodus of 1975 and brings her two children to the West. Here, she marries a Danish American man who has survived a different war. He promises understanding and guidance—but the psychic consequences of his past soon hinder his relationships with the family, as the children, for whom the war is now a distant shadow, struggle to understand the world around them on their own terms.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In delicate, innovative prose, Strom’s characters experience the collision of cultures and the spiritual aftermath of war on the most visceral level. \u003ci\u003eGrass Roof, Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e is “an affecting study on the slippery nature of home” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Strom] explores the mysteries of loss, culture and identity, with skill, poignancy and imagination.” —\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183673753840,"sku":"9780547972831","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547972831_p0.jpg?v=1769896600","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547972831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}