{"product_id":"a-tender-age-by-chang-rae-lee","title":"A Tender Age by Chang-rae Lee","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA spellbinding exploration of American masculinity and family dynamics as seen through the confused eyes of a prepubescent child of immigrants,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejoins the rich tradition of the American bildungsroman. The natural descendent of characters like Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caufield, Korean-American Jeon-Gi is torn between competing ideas of himself. At home, his working-class parents dote on him. Outside, he is part of a roving pack of kids with dominion over a derelict baseball field, weedy parking lot, and rusty jungle gym. Getting into and out of trouble is all-consuming. But the summer he turns eleven, he becomes embroiled in a staggering series of events reverberating far beyond himself and his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevastating in its emotional precision,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecaptures a family and community in striking distance of the American dream, and a young person on the precipice of adult knowledge, looking at his own culpability and looking away—then thinking about it for the rest of his life.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53086759190821,"sku":"9798217048441","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9798217048441.jpg?v=1786136200","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/a-tender-age-by-chang-rae-lee","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}