{"product_id":"9781447275237","title":"The Woman Warrior: Picador Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by Xiaolu Guo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic memoir set during the Chinese revolution of the 1940s and inspired by folklore, providing a unique insight into the life of an immigrant in America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen we Chinese girls listened to the adults talking-story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves. We could be heroines, swordswomen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout her childhood, Maxine Hong Kingston listened to her mother's mesmerizing tales of a China where girls are worthless, tradition is exalted and only a strong, wily woman can scratch her way upwards. Growing up in a changing America, surrounded by Chinese myth and memory, this is her story of two cultures and one trenchant, lyrical journey into womanhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Complex and beautiful, angry and adoring, Maxine Hong Kingston's \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal piece of writing about emigration and identity. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1976 and is widely hailed as a feminist classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128375591152,"sku":"9781447275237","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781447275237_p0.jpg?v=1769905869","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781447275237","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}