{"product_id":"my-other-heart","title":"My Other Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mother's missing child, a search for identity, and ever-changing notions of “home”—class and race intersect with belonging in this stunning debut novel of mothers, daughters, and best friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 2000, Mimi Truang is on her way home to Vietnam when her toddler daughter vanishes in the Philadelphia airport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen years later, two best friends graduate from high school in the WASP-y town of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Kit is half-Japanese, half-American, and interracially adopted by white well-to-do parents. Sabrina is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant single mother who brandishes strict household rules to hide her own secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring that last summer before college, Kit travels to Tokyo, determined to uncover her Japanese identity. Her dizzying weeks in Tokyo offer her a critical distance from everything she holds dear—and a taste of first love that refines her understanding of what it means to belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSabrina had hoped to take a similar trip to China, but money is tight. Her disappointment quickly subsides, however, as her bold, uncompromising boss becomes a mentor, prompting Sabrina to ask questions she’s avoided all her life. Meanwhile, Mimi purchases a plane ticket to Philadelphia. She finally has a lead to renew her search in the country where she and her daughter were parted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mimi, Kit, and Sabrina come face-to-face at the end of this transformative summer, they will confront the people they truly are, dismantling their own assumptions about belonging and the importance of blood ties.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Depot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47736477581475,"sku":"9780735248694","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/8588\/4579\/files\/9780735248694.jpg?v=1780496990","url":"https:\/\/www.bellhousebooks.com\/products\/my-other-heart","provider":"Bell House Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}