{"product_id":"9781743283677","title":"Fishing for Tigers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE SMH BEST YOUNG AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix years ago, Mischa Reese left her abusive husband and suffocating life in California and reinvented herself in steamy, chaotic Hanoi. In Vietnam, she finds satisfying work and enjoys a life of relative luxury and personal freedom. Thirty-five and single, Mischa believes that romance and passion are for teenagers; a view with which her cynical, promiscuous expat friends agree. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then a friend introduces Mischa to his visiting eighteen-year-old son. Cal is a strikingly attractive Vietnamese-Australian boy, but he's resentful of his father, and of the nation which has stolen him away. His beauty and righteous idealism awaken something in Mischa and the two launch into an affair that threatens Mischa's friendships and reputation and challenges her sense of herself as unselfish and good. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet among the louche world of Hanoi's expatriate community, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFishing for Tigers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is about a woman struggling with the morality of finding peace in a war-haunted city, personal fulfilment in the midst of poverty and sexual joy with a vulnerable youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR EMILY MAGUIRE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At the heart of ... Emily Maguire's work lies an urgent need to pull away at the interconnecting threads of morality, society and human relationships.\" \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"what you get, along with a sharp mind and a keenness to investigate cultural confusions, is an engaging ability to put the vitality of the story first.\" \u003ci\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152182886640,"sku":"9781743283677","price":18.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781743283677_p0.jpg?v=1763706764","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781743283677","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}