{"title":"Andrew Lam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Lam\u003c\/strong\u003e offers memoirs and biographies that explore the intricacies of identity, memory, and cultural heritage. His writing is deeply personal, weaving together stories that reflect on displacement, belonging, and the complexities of the immigrant experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect evocative prose that captures both the challenges and beauty of reconciling past and present. Lam's works provide thoughtful reflections that linger long after the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"perfume-dreams-by-andrew-lam-9781597140201","title":"Perfume Dreams","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his long-overdue first collection of essays, noted journalist and NPR commentator Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identity as a \u003cem\u003eViet Kieu\u003c\/em\u003e, or a Vietnamese national living abroad. At age eleven, Lam, the son of a South Vietnamese general, came to California on the eve of the fall of Saigon to communist forces. He traded his Vietnamese name for a more American one and immersed himself in the allure of the American dream: something not clearly defined for him or his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReflecting on the meanings of the Vietnam War to the Vietnamese people themselves—particularly to those in exile—Lam picks with searing honesty at the roots of his doubleness and his parents' longing for a homeland that no longer exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607360389356,"sku":"9781597140201","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5d1de0b5b8cfa5b6de96c3d2fb60e52e.jpg?v=1778190123"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/andrew-lam.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}