{"product_id":"stealing-buddhas-dinner-a-memoir-1","title":"Stealing Buddha's Dinner: A Memoir","description":"Winner of the PEN\/Jerard Award\nChicago Tribune Best Book of the Year\nKiriyama Notable Book\n\n\"[A] perfectly pitched and prodigiously detailed memoir.\" - Boston Globe\n\nAs a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, and in the pre-PC-era Midwest (where the Jennifers and Tiffanys reign supreme), the desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food. More exotic- seeming than her Buddhist grandmother's traditional specialties, the campy, preservative-filled \"delicacies\" of mainstream America capture her imagination.\n\nIn Stealing Buddha's Dinner, the glossy branded allure of Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House Cookies becomes an ingenious metaphor for Nguyen's struggle to become a \"real\" American, a distinction that brings with it the dream of the perfect school lunch, burgers and Jell- O for dinner, and a visit from the Kool-Aid man. Vivid and viscerally powerful, this remarkable memoir about growing up in the 1980s introduces an original new literary voice and an entirely new spin on the classic assimilation story.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0143113038\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0143113038.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nguyen, Bich Minh\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: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41508713988154,"sku":"DBV.0143113038.G","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0143113038-0_e056d976-152e-4880-9fd8-3cf3d9a70202.jpg?v=1783365533","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/stealing-buddhas-dinner-a-memoir-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}