{"product_id":"a-map-for-the-missing","title":"A Map for the Missing","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTang Yitian has been living in America for almost a decade when he receives an urgent phone call from his mother: his father has disappeared from the family's rural village in China. Though they have been estranged for years, Yitian promises to come home.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Yitian attempts to piece together what may have happened, he struggles to navigate China's impenetrable bureaucracy as an outsider, and his mother's evasiveness only deepens the mystery. So he seeks out a childhood friend who may be in a position to help: Tian Hanwen, the only other person who shared Yitian's desire to pursue a life of knowledge. As a teenager, Hanwen was \"sent down\" from Shanghai to Yitian's village as part of the country's rustication campaign. Young and in love, they dreamed of attending university in the city together. But when their plans resulted in a terrible tragedy, their paths diverged, and while Yitian ended up a professor in America, Hanwen was left behind, resigned to life as a midlevel bureaucrat's wealthy housewife.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReuniting for the first time as adults, Yitian and Hanwen embark on the search for Yitian's father, all the while grappling with the past--who Yitian's father really was, and what might have been. Spanning the late 1970s to 1990s and moving effortlessly between rural provinces and big cities, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Map for the Missing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a deeply felt examination of family and forgiveness, and the meaning of home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Tang, Belinda Huijuan\u003cbr\u003eFormat: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e400 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Press\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAugust 09, 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thryft","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44226250506521,"sku":"PS3620.A6844","price":29.29,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":44226250539289,"sku":"PS3620.A6845","price":23.43,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":44226250572057,"sku":"PS3620.A6846","price":18.74,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":44226250604825,"sku":"PS3620.A6847","price":14.99,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":44226250637593,"sku":"PS3620.A6848","price":11.99,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/products\/photo_2022-12-10_21-14-57.jpg?v=1717738409","url":"https:\/\/thryft.sbs\/products\/a-map-for-the-missing","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}