{"product_id":"the-emperor-of-gladness-oprahs-book-club","title":"The Emperor of Gladness: Oprah's Book Club","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.15px; margin-bottom: 2rem !important;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003eThe instant \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller • Oprah’s Book Club Pick • Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e“Stunning . . . A heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on the fringes of society, and the unique challenges they face to survive and thrive.” —Oprah Winfrey\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e“Magnificent . . . In writing this book, Vuong may have joined the ranks of an elite few great novelists.” —Leigh Haber, \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.15px;\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eThe hardest thing in the world is to live only once\u003c\/i\u003e…\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eOne late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak, with the power to transform Hai’s relationship to himself, his family, and a community on the brink.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eFollowing the cycles of history, memory, and time, \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eThe Emperor of Gladness \u003c\/i\u003eshows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Ocean Vuong’s writing—formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness—are on full display in this story of loss, hope, and how far we would go to possess one of life’s most fleeting mercies: a second chance.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43739454210151,"sku":"9780593831878","price":44.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0917\/4496\/files\/9780593831878.jpg?v=1778101270","url":"https:\/\/www.steelinghome.ca\/products\/the-emperor-of-gladness-oprahs-book-club","provider":"Steeling Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}