{"product_id":"the-woman-warrior-memoirs-of-a-girlhood-among-ghosts-9780679721888","title":"The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e- An exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it has become a classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities--immigrant, female, Chinese, American. \u003cb\u003e- NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A classic, for a reason.\" --Celeste Ng, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOur Missing Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e, via Twitter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother's \"talk stories.\" The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother's tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston's sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family's past and her own present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16152803\"\u003eMaxine Hong Kingston\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Books USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679721888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679721886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC043000\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies | American | Asian American \u0026amp; Paci\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaxine Hong Kingston is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who operated a gambling house in the 1940s, when Maxine was born, and then a laundry where Kingston and her brothers and sisters toiled long hours. Kingston graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1962 from the University of California at Berkeley, and, in the same year, married actor Earll Kingston, whom she had met in an English course. The couple has one son, Joseph, who was born in 1963. They were active in antiwar activities in Berkeley, but in 1967 the Kingstons headed for Japan to escape the increasing violence and drugs of the antiwar movement. They settled instead in Hawai'i, where Kingston took various teaching posts. They returned to California seventeen years later, and Kingston resumed teaching writing at the University of California, Berkeley. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile in Hawai'i, Kingston wrote her first two books. \u003cb\u003eThe Woman Warrior\u003c\/b\u003e, her first book, was published in 1976 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, making her a literary celebrity at age thirty-six. Her second book, \u003cb\u003eChina Men\u003c\/b\u003e, earned the National Book Award. Still today, both books are widely taught in literature and other classes. Kingston has earned additional awards, including the PEN West Award for Fiction for \u003cb\u003eTripmaster Monkey\u003c\/b\u003e, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and the National Humanities Medal, which was conferred by President Clinton, as well as the title \"Living Treasure of Hawai'i\" bestowed by a Honolulu Buddhist church. Her most recent books include a collection of essays, \u003cb\u003eHawai\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003ei One Summer\u003c\/b\u003e, and latest novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Fifth Book of Peace\u003c\/b\u003e. Kingston is currently Senior Lecturer Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.","brand":"Vintage Books USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832836063371,"sku":"9780679721888","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_4439a83c-1dcf-4519-8590-001cee8e8e81.jpg?v=1755624336","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-woman-warrior-memoirs-of-a-girlhood-among-ghosts-9780679721888","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}