{"product_id":"stay-true-a-memoir-9780385547772","title":"Stay True: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER\u003c\/b\u003e - A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer Hua Hsu \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eRachel Kushner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flamethrowers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken--with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie \u0026amp; Fitch, and his fraternity--is that he is \u003ci\u003eexactly \u003c\/i\u003elike everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes 'zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn't seem to have a place for either of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become friends, a friendship built on late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violently, senselessly, Ken is gone, killed in a carjacking, not even three years after the day they first meet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetermined to hold on to all that was left of one of his closest friends--his memories--Hua turned to writing. \u003ci\u003eStay True\u003c\/i\u003e is the book he's been working on ever since. A coming-of-age story that details both the ordinary and extraordinary, \u003ci\u003eStay True\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracing memoir about growing up, and about moving through the world in search of meaning and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hua Hsu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385547772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHUA HSU is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and a professor of Literature at Bard College. Hsu serves on the executive board of the Asian American Writers' Workshop. He was formerly a fellow at the New America Foundation and the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at the New York Public Library. He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doubleday Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40836388585587,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1b58adc8-ce28-4cc7-b925-bf6203a09f95.jpg?v=1685111894","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/stay-true-a-memoir-9780385547772","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}