{"product_id":"family-style-memories-of-an-american-from-vietnam-1","title":"Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam","description":"YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist\nEisner Award Winner for Best Graphic Memoir\nAn NPR Best Books of 2023\n\nA moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America, perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and The Best We Could Do!\n\nThien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam.\n\nAfter the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as Thien's mom and dad look for work. Potato chips are an indulgence that bring Thien so much joy that they become a necessity.\n\nBehind every cut of steak and inside every croissant lies a story. And for Thien Pham, that story is about a search―for belonging, for happiness, for the American dream.\n\nAs past and present intertwine, Family Style becomes a meditation on:\n\n- cultural identity and diaspora experience\n- family memory and inherited history\n- war, migration, and survival\n- food as a vessel for storytelling and connection\n- and the search for belonging across generations\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 125080972X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.125080972X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pham, Thien\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41508686659642,"sku":"DBV.125080972X.A","price":6.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/125080972X-0_38652b96-c528-46c0-9cc9-d76202b29a37.jpg?v=1783362283","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/family-style-memories-of-an-american-from-vietnam-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}