{"product_id":"holding-pattern-jenny-xie","title":"Holding Pattern, Jenny Xie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION \"5 UNDER 35\" HONOREE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKathleen Cheng has blown up her life. She’s gone through a humiliating breakup, dropped out of her graduate program, and left everything behind. Now she’s back in her childhood home in Oakland, wondering what’s next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo her surprise, her mother isn’t the same person Kathleen remembers. No longer depressed or desperate to return to China, the new Marissa Cheng is sporty, perky, and has been transformed by love. Kathleen thought she’d be planning her own wedding, but instead finds herself helping her mother plan hers—to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrasping for direction, Kathleen takes a job at a start-up that specializes in an unconventional form of therapy based on touch. While she negotiates new ideas about intimacy and connection, an unforeseen attachment to someone at work pushes her to rethink her relationships—especially the one with Marissa. Will they succeed in seeing each other anew, adult to adult?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they peel back the layers of their history—the old wounds, cultural barriers, and complex affection—they must come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they’ve done to hold each other back. Brilliantly observant, tender, and warm, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHolding Pattern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a hopeful novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we learn to hold each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 pages, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5.92 x 0.98 x 8.58 inches, \u003c\/span\u003ehardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43956920123617,"sku":"9780593539705","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/files\/Screenshot2023-06-30at12.46.56PM.png?v=1688143733","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/holding-pattern-jenny-xie","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}