{"product_id":"9780594731412","title":"Forgotten Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2012 pick\u003cbr\u003e A Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A richly emotional portrait of a family that had me spellbound from page one.”—Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe night before Janie’s sister, Hannah, is born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a daughter in every generation, and Janie is told to keep Hannah safe. Years later, when Hannah inexplicably cuts all ties and disappears, Janie goes to find her. Thus begins a journey that will force her to confront her family’s painful silence, the truth behind her parents’ sudden move to America twenty years earlier, and her own conflicted feelings toward Hannah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving Korean folklore within a modern narrative of immigration and identity, \u003ci\u003eForgotten Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a fierce exploration of the inevitability of loss, the conflict between obligation and freedom, and a family struggling to find its way out of silence and back to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046946586864,"sku":"9780594731412","price":4.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780594731412_p0.jpg?v=1763724005","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780594731412","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}