{"product_id":"memory-piece-2","title":"Memory Piece","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Leavers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTIME \u003c\/em\u003eMUST-READ BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eVOGUE \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by their shared sense of alienation and desire for something different. \"Allied in the weirdest parts of themselves,\" they envision each other as artistic collaborators and embark on a future defined by freedom and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time they are adults, their dreams are murkier. As a performance artist, Giselle must navigate an elite social world she never conceived of. As a coder thrilled by the internet's early egalitarian promise, Jackie must contend with its more sinister shift toward monetization and surveillance. And as a community activist, Ellen confronts the increasing gentrification and policing overwhelming her New York City neighbourhood. Over time their friendship matures and changes, their definitions of success become complicated, and their sense of what matters evolves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoving from the pre-digital 1980s to the art and tech subcultures of the 1990s to a strikingly imagined portrait of the 2040s, \u003cem\u003eMemory Piece\u003c\/em\u003e is an innovative and audacious story of three lifelong friends as they strive to build satisfying lives in a world that turns out to be radically different from the one they were promised.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLisa Ko is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Leavers\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a 2017 National Book Award for Fiction finalist, won the 2016 PEN\/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, and was a finalist for the 2018 PEN\/Hemingway Award. Ko's short fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and her essays and nonfiction have been published in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.62 x 1.85 x 19.81 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dialogue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46524499722397,"sku":"9780349704340","price":69.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9780349704340_71fd0dd7-45fd-48c2-8b0d-41e133e30de9.jpg?v=1766138934","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/memory-piece-2","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}