{"product_id":"ma-and-me-9781250867124","title":"Ma and Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA nuanced mediation on love, identity, and belonging. This story of survival radiates with resilience and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis openhearted memoir . . . opens the door to include queer descendants of war survivors into the growing American library of love. Sarah Schulman, author of \u003ci\u003eLet the Record Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Putsata Reang was eleven months old, her family fled war-torn Cambodia, spending twenty-three days on an overcrowded navy vessel before finding sanctuary at an American naval base in the Philippines. Holding what appeared to be a lifeless baby, Ma resisted the captain's orders to throw her bundle overboard. Instead, on landing, Ma rushed her baby into the arms of American military nurses and doctors, who saved the child's life. I had hope, just a little, you were still alive, Ma would tell Putsata in an oft-repeated story that became family legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOve\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866483765591,"sku":"9781250867124","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250867124.jpg?v=1722278875","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ma-and-me-9781250867124","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}