{"product_id":"the-gentle-order-of-girls-and-boys-four-stories-paperback","title":"The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys: Four Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDao Strom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The book is informed by the Vietnamese immigrations of the nineteen-seventies but is filled with social observation of contemporary middle-class culture and indie sensibility . . . Quietly beautiful, Strom's stories are hip without being ironic.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eThe Gentle Order of Girls and Boys\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 2006, it was groundbreaking in its depiction of contemporary young Vietnamese women living in the United States, centering their ordinary lives as mothers, lovers, friends, and daughters against the backdrop of immigration and assimilation. Available now for the first time in paperback and featuring an introduction by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud and a new preface by the author, \u003ci\u003eThe Gentle Order of Girls and Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written, psychologically astute foray into the rite of female passage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDao Strom\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eYou Will Always Be Someone from Somewhere Else\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWe Were Meant to Be a Gentle People\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrass Roof, Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Gentle Order of Girls and Boys\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received awards from the Creative Capital Foundation, RACC, the NEA, and others. She was born in Vietnam, grew up in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, and is now based in Portland, Oregon. Find out more at daostrom.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137463435403,"sku":"9781640092709","price":28.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/hc-UAtiFFe9781640092709.webp?v=1780658127","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-gentle-order-of-girls-and-boys-four-stories-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}