{"product_id":"9780374279363","title":"The Unpassing","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Lin, Chia-Chia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 June 2019 by Farrar, Straus \u0026amp; Giroux Inc in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e217 x 138 | 402g\u003cp\u003eIn Chia-Chia Lin’s debut novel, The Unpassing, we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of five struggling to make ends meet in rural Alaska. The father, hardworking but beaten down, is employed as a plumber and repairman, while the mother, a loving, strong-willed, and unpredictably emotional matriarch, holds the house together. When eleven-year-old Gavin contracts meningitis at school, he falls into a deep, nearly fatal coma. He wakes up a week later to learn that his little sister Ruby was infected, too. She did not survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoutine takes over for the grieving family: The siblings care for each other as they befriend a neighbouring family and explore the woods; distance grows between the parents as they deal with their loss separately. But things spiral when the father, increasingly guilt ridden after Ruby’s death, is sued for not properly installing a septic tank, which results in the death of a little girl. In the ensuing chaos, what really happened to Ruby finally emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith flowing prose that evokes the terrifying beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, Lin explores the fallout after the loss of a child and the way in which a family is forced to grieve in a place that doesn’t yet feel like home. Emotionally raw and subtly suspenseful, The Unpassing is a deeply felt family saga that dismisses the American dream for a harsher, but ultimately more profound, reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lin, Chia-Chia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666336059576,"sku":"9780374279363","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780374279363.jpg?v=1734741194","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780374279363","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}