{"product_id":"the-storm-we-made-9781668015148","title":"The Storm We Made by Chan, Vanessa","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * A \u003ci\u003eGOOD MORNING AMERICA\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"espionage-laden family epic\" (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy--and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMalaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonized Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fujiwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an \"Asia for Asians.\" Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction--and she will do anything to save them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003e The Storm We Made\u003c\/i\u003e spans years of pain, triumph, and perseverance. \"The tenderness in its details, the ordinary ways that these characters love and laugh in the face of the extraordinary...Chan shows us, with clarity and care, how the truest mirror comes from the intimacy of human connection\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa Chan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e S\u0026amp;s\/ Marysue Rucci Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668015148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVanessa Chan is the Malaysian author of \u003ci\u003eThe Storm We Made\u003c\/i\u003e, a national bestseller, \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club Pick and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick. Acquired by international publishers in a flurry of auctions, the novel, her first, will be published in more than twenty languages worldwide. Her other work has been published in \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Vanessa grew up in Malaysia and is now based mostly in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S\u0026s\/ Marysue Rucci Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43746282307737,"sku":"9781668015148","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_18485b49-51d1-4e96-bd87-1131db3d3c3a.jpg?v=1724783845","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-storm-we-made-9781668015148","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}