{"title":"Yoo Kyeung Kim","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-reasons","title":"The Reasons","description":"\u003cb\u003e'A deeply moving story about the American Dream...r\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eiveting, truly frightening and brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatmeena Sabit, author of the Giller Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eGood People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn a near-future United States\u003c\/b\u003e, anyone appearing to be of East Asian descent is subject to strict rules, segregation and constant surveillance. Now, the authoritarian government has unveiled a new loyalty exam to test their commitment to so-called American values. The price of failure is high: being locked away with other \"Oriental threats.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Kim family's exam is the first time they will all be together since Sorah Kim walked out on her husband and daughter twelve years ago. Suddenly, the three must find a way to trust one another again, at least for the weekend. But the examination's opaque rules strain the family's already fragile bonds, forcing long-buried resentments, regrets, and unspoken dreams to the surface...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Through one family's harrowing journey, \u003ci\u003eThe Reasons \u003c\/i\u003ecomplicates the American dream as it deftly interrogates racism, motherhood, and generational trauma on a human scale. Both propulsive and heartrendingly intimate, this prescient debut asks what it means to belong-to society and to the ones we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Searing, tender and terrifying...an unforgettable vision of a future that might yet come to be' Yangsze Choo, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fox Wife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Night Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A bold and shattering work of imagination...a harrowing and timely debut' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Holsinger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Displacements \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCulpability \u003c\/i\u003e(Oprah's Book Club)\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55727436071288,"sku":"9780349020969","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/collections\/author-yoo-kyeung-kim.oembed","provider":"Virago Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}