{"product_id":"my-other-heart-a-read-with-jenna-pick-isbn-9780593831014","title":"My Other Heart: A Read with Jenna Pick","description":"\u003cb\u003eREAD WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON \u003ci\u003eTODAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A mesmerizing novel filled with different types of love and secrets from the past.” —Jean Kwok\u003ci\u003e, New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Sylvie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA missing child, two girls in search of their true identities--a stunning novel of mothers, daughters and best friends\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn June 1998, Mimi Truang is on her     way home to Vietnam when her toddler daughter vanishes in the Philadelphia     airport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen years later, two best friends in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, discuss     their summer plans before college. Kit, with the support of her white     adoptive parents, will travel to Tokyo to explore her Japanese roots. This     dizzying adventure offers her a taste of first love and a new understanding     of what it means to belong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSabrina had hoped to take a similar trip to China, but money is tight. Her     disappointment subsides, however, when she meets a bold, uncompromising new     mentor who prompts Sabrina to ask questions she’s avoided all her life.     Meanwhile, Mimi purchases a plane ticket to Philadelphia. She finally has a     lead in her search for her daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Mimi, Kit, and Sabrina come face to face, they will confront the     people they truly are, in this tremendously     moving novel that is propelled to its astonishing climax in a way you will     never forget.\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMy Other Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A mesmerizing novel filled with different types of love and secrets from the past, \u003ci\u003eMy Other Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of identity, motherhood, and friendship. Emma Nanami Strenner’s luminous debut follows three unforgettable women as they search for truth and belonging. Poignant and powerful, this is a novel that lingers long after the final page.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jean Kwok\u003ci\u003e, New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Sylvie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003e[My Other Heart] \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the intense love between mothers and daughters and highlights the resilience of young women forging their own identities in a world full of expectations. A beautifully written and thought-provoking novel that is a must-read for those interested in contemporary fiction about cultural exploration and personal growth.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“ Readers will be captivated by Strenner’s elegant prose and the tender resilience of her characters. . . an unforgettable coming-of-age story.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMy Other Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a wise, well observed, and transporting debut that explores what it means to belong. At once an immersive coming of age novel and an unflinching study of race, class, and manners, it confronts loneliness, cowardice, the quest for self-acceptance, and the effort required to truly see one another—even the people we think we’re closest to—head-on. Sabrina Chen is an unforgettable heroine. I was on her side from start to finish.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eEmma Knight, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life Cycle of the Common Octopus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’m grateful to Emma Nanami Strenner for this story of two young Asian-American women, who grapple with big questions of culture and social class, while also navigating the everyday complexities of friendship, love, and daughterhood. \u003ci\u003eMy Other Heart \u003c\/i\u003eoffers no pat or easy answers, thank goodness. Instead, Sabrina and Kit learn that identity isn’t always simple and that only they can answer the question of who they are and to what world—or worlds—they want to belong.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eMarisa de los Santos,\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWatch Us Shine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ve never read anything quite like Emma Nanami Strenner’s \u003ci\u003eMy Other Heart\u003c\/i\u003e: gorgeous, devastating, equally joyous and heartbreaking. Weaving three disparate lives across years and thousands of miles, it recounts the ripple effect expanding from a single, fateful day in the past, spinning an ecosystem of pain and memory around it. Reaching the end of Sabrina, Kit, and Mimi’s story was like taking in a gasp of air after spending a minute underwater.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJinwoo Chong, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Two complex, shimmering young women burst from the pages of \u003ci\u003eMy Other Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, authentic and full of life. I fell in love with Kit and Sabrina, their flawed but caring mothers, and Emma Nanami Strenner’s beautiful words.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Jess Stanley, author of \u003ci\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I am bereft to have finished it! From the suburbs of Philadelphia to the streets of Saigon, I was completely immersed in the lives of these very special characters. 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