{"product_id":"flashlight-hc","title":"Flashlight HC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTime\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNPR\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElle\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTown \u0026amp; 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Her father is carrying a flashlight. He cannot swim. Later, Louisa is found on the beach, soaked to the skin, barely alive. Her father is gone. She is ten years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouisa is an only child of parents who have severed themselves from the past. Her father, Serk, is Korean, but was born and raised in Japan; he lost touch with his family when they bought into the promises of postwar Pyongyang and relocated to North Korea. Her American mother, Anne, is estranged from her family. But now it is just Anne and Louisa, adrift and facing the challenges of ordinary life in the wake of catastrophe. United, separated, and also repelled by their mutual grief, they attempt to move on. But they cannot escape the echoes of that night. What really happened to Louisa’s father?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA monumental new novel from the National Book Award winner Susan Choi, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFlashlight\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003espans decades and continents in a spellbinding, heart-gripping investigation of family, loss, memory, and the ways in which we are shaped by what we cannot see.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51934020370663,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/414fdwzeHzL.webp?v=1774893353","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/flashlight-hc","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}