{"product_id":"9780984764860","title":"The Loved Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this masterful novel of inheritance and loss, Sonya Chung (\u003ci\u003eLong for This World\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eproves herself a worthy heir to Marguerite Duras, Hwang Sun-won, and James Salter. Spanning generations and divergent cultures, \u003ci\u003eThe Loved Ones\u003c\/i\u003e maps the intimate politics of unlikely attractions, illicit love, and costly reconciliations. Charles Lee, the young African American patriarch of a biracial family, seeks to remedy his fatherless childhood in Washington, DC, by making an honorable choice when his chance arrives. Years later in the mid-1980s, uneasy and stymied in his marriage to Alice, he finds a connection with Hannah Lee, the teenage Korean American caregiver whose parents' transgressive flight from tradition and war has left them shrouded in a cloud of secrets and muted passion. A shocking and senseless death will test every familial bond and force all who are touched by the tragedy to reexamine who their loved ones truly are--the very meaning of the words. Haunting, elliptical, and powerful, \u003ci\u003eThe Loved Ones\u003c\/i\u003e deconstructs the world we think we know and shows us the one we inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relegation Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133466460400,"sku":"9780984764860","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780984764860_p0.jpg?v=1763885820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984764860","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}