{"product_id":"storm-we-made-by-vanessa-chan","title":"Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Marysue Rucci Books]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e In this “espionage-laden family epic” (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy—and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMalaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eCecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eA decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonized Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fujiwara lured her into a life of espionage, p\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback; 368 pages \/ English","offer_id":53469947265237,"sku":"9781668015155","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9fab941149abf5a2bdc7049d7d671714d5026c058d753ea4aef32162ddb96025.jpg?v=1774202063","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/storm-we-made-by-vanessa-chan","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}