{"product_id":"holding-pattern-jenny-xie","title":"Holding Pattern (Jenny Xie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTIME, VOGUE, VULTURE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eELECTRIC LITERATURE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION \"5 UNDER 35\" HONOREE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Exquisite and wise.\" \u003cb\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e There is so much heart in these pages, so much wisdom on how we love. This book had me in its orbit, from beginning to end.    Weike Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eJoan is Okay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKathleen Cheng has blown up her life. She s gone through a humiliating breakup, dropped out of her graduate program, and left everything behind. Now she s back in her childhood home in Oakland, wondering what s next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo her surprise, her mother isn t the same person Kathleen remembers. No longer depressed or desperate to return to China, the new Marissa Cheng is sporty, perky, and has been transformed by love. Kathleen thought she d be planning her own wedding, but instead finds herself helping her mother plan hers to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrasping for direction, Kathleen takes a job at a start-up that specializes in an unconventional form of therapy based on touch. While she negotiates new ideas about intimacy and connection, an unforeseen attachment to someone at work pushes her to rethink her relationships especially the one with Marissa. Will they succeed in seeing each other anew, adult to adult?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they peel back the layers of their history the old wounds, cultural barriers, and complex affection they must come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they ve done to hold each other back. Brilliantly observant, tender, and warm, \u003ci\u003eHolding Pattern\u003c\/i\u003e is a hopeful novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we learn to hold each other.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJenny Xie\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. Originally from Shanghai, she graduated from UC Berkeley and earned her MFA at Johns Hopkins University. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBest of the Net Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. Jenny is the recipient of a Bread Loaf scholarship and fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She is the Executive Editor of Dwell Magazine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63600834543965,"sku":"K096168614","price":16.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/239231-9616861400001A.jpg?v=1771973385","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/holding-pattern-jenny-xie","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}