{"product_id":"9780349704326","title":"Memory Piece","description":"Author: Lisa Ko\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349704326\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Dialogue\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Mar 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**A \u003cb\u003eBARACK OBAMA'S 2024 READING LIST\u003c\/b\u003e title**\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eRemarkable \u003c\/b\u003e. . . vividly \u003cb\u003ecaptures the urgency of youth\u003c\/b\u003e, and becomes \u003cb\u003ea heart-breaking elegy\u003c\/b\u003e for a communal, almost utopian approach to urban life.\" Rumaan Alam, author of\u003ci\u003e Leave the World Behind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eBright with defiance, intelligence, and stubborn love\u003c\/b\u003e. To spend time with these characters is \u003cb\u003ea gift\u003c\/b\u003e.\" C Pam Zhang, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Much of These Hills is Gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving from the pre-digital 1980s to the art and tech subcultures of the 1990s to a strikingly imagined portrait of the 2040s,\u003ci\u003e Memory Piece\u003c\/i\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\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46482752667806,"sku":"ADS-9780349704326","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349704326.jpg?v=1770351956","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349704326","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}