{"product_id":"pioneer-girl-isbn-9780143126225","title":"Pioneer Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A powerful and wholly original American saga.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBich Minh Nguyen’s previous books—the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eStealing Buddha’s Dinner \u003c\/i\u003eand the American Book Award–winning novel \u003ci\u003eShort Girls\u003c\/i\u003e—established her talents as a writer of keen cultural observation. In \u003ci\u003ePioneer Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, Nguyen entwines the Asian American experience with the escapist pleasures of literature, in a dazzling mystery about the origins of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic \u003ci\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLee Lien has long dodged her Vietnamese family’s rigid expectations by immersing herself in books. But now, jobless with a PhD in literature, she is back at home, working in her family’s restaurant under her mother’s hypercritical gaze—until an heirloom from their past sends Lee on a search for clues that may lead back to Wilder herself, transforming strangers’ lives as well as her own.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePioneer Girl\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Elegant, sharp-eyed, and very funny, \u003ci\u003ePioneer Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is ultimately about how one finds kinship—familial, cultural, literary—that transcends the usual lexicon about identity and belonging. Navigating Vietnamese ‘immigrant guilt’ and a stalled academic career, Lee Lien finds escape in trying to solve a literary mystery which leads her deep into her own heart and history. A wonderful read!”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Cristina García, author of \u003ci\u003eKing of Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I love how the Little House legend takes a wild detour into contemporary life in \u003ci\u003ePioneer Girl.\u003c\/i\u003e Bich Minh Nguyen’s wonderfully imagined literary history gets to the truth about mothers, daughters, frontiers, and the meaning of home. I couldn't put this down!” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Wendy McClure, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wilder Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBICH MINH NGUYEN\u003c\/b\u003e (who goes by Beth) Is the author of three books: the memoir \u003ci\u003eStealing Buddha's Dinner \u003c\/i\u003eand the novels \u003ci\u003eShort Girls \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePioneer Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Her awards and honors include an American Book Award, a PEN\/Jerard Award from the PEN American Center, a Bread Loaf fellowship, and best book of the year honors from the Chicago Tribune and Library Journal. Nguyen's work has also appeared in numerous anthologies and publications including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Literary Hub.\u003c\/i\u003e  Nguyen received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan, where she won Hopwood Awards in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She has taught at Purdue University and the University of San Francisco and is currently a professor in the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304974078181,"sku":"NP9780143126225","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143126225.jpg?v=1767734801","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/pioneer-girl-isbn-9780143126225","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}