{"product_id":"9789881774248","title":"Diamond Hill: Memories of Growing Up in a Hong Kong Squatter Village","description":"\"Diamond Hill was one of the poorest and most backward of villages in Hong Kong at a time when Hong Kong itself was poor and backward. We moved there in 1956 when I was almost 10. I left when I was 19. Those were the formative years of my life. It’s a time that I remember well and cherish.\"\u003cp\u003eThis memoir of a native son of a Kowloon-side squatter village—the first book ever on Diamond Hill, in either Chinese or English—presents the early days of a life shaped by a now-extinct community. Feng Chi-shun’s sharp recollections of his humble upbringing contain warmth, humor, and an abundance of insights into a low-income Hong Kong neighborhood that no longer exists—but remains close to the hearts of many who lived there. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiamond Hill will invite comparisons with Martin Booth's Golden Boy. If you enjoyed the latter, you will likely find the former similarly absorbing, because the young Feng was, for many a fair-haired visitor, the inaccessible yet intriguing face of an altogether edgier Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blacksmith Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065650004208,"sku":"9789881774248","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789881774248_p0.jpg?v=1772808111","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789881774248","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}