{"product_id":"somewhere-in-the-unknown-world-a-collective-refugee-memoir-9781250296856","title":"Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"an exceptional storyteller,\" \u003ci\u003eSomewhere in the Unknown World\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of powerful stories of refugees who have found new lives in Minnesota's Twin Cities, told by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Latehomecomer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Song Poet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll over this country, there are refugees. But beyond the headlines, few know who they are, how they live, or what they have lost. Although Minnesota is not known for its diversity, the state has welcomed more refugees per capita than any other, from Syria to Bosnia, Thailand to Liberia. Now, with nativism on the rise, Kao Kalia Yang--herself a Hmong refugee--has gathered stories of the stateless who today call the Twin Cities home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are people who found the strength and courage to rebuild after leaving all they hold dear. Awo and her mother, who escaped from Somalia, reunite with her father on the phone every Saturday, across the span of continents and decades. Tommy, born in Minneapolis to refugees from Cambodia, cannot escape the war that his parents carry inside. As Afghani flees the reach of the Taliban, he seeks at every stop what he calls a certificate of his humanity. Mr. Truong brings pho from Vietnam to Frogtown in St. Paul, reviving a crumbling block as well as his own family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Yang's exquisite, necessary telling, these fourteen stories for refugee journeys restore history and humanity to America's strangers and redeem its long tradition of welcome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kao Kalia Yang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250296856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKao Kalia Yang\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Song Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the 2017 Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Chautauqua Prize, the PEN USA Literary Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Latehomecomer\u003c\/i\u003e, also received the Minnesota Book Award. Her children's books include \u003ci\u003eA Map into the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Minnesota Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Shared Room.\u003c\/i\u003e Yang, a regular contributor to NPR's On Being, lives in Saint Paul\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kao Kalia Yang \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47809125187741,"sku":"9781250296856","price":37.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_288b3da9-0400-4d84-b6e2-fc99d1fe0e2c.jpg?v=1775556896","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/somewhere-in-the-unknown-world-a-collective-refugee-memoir-9781250296856","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}