{"product_id":"stay-true-a-memoir","title":"Stay True: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eStay True: A Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Hsu, Hua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-1\" class=\"slot product-about 9780385547772 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" target-height=\"721.438\" height-fold=\"377\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie \u0026amp; Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eexactly\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003elike everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes ’zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn’t seem to have a place for either of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become friends, a friendship built on late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violently, senselessly, Ken is gone, killed in a carjacking, not even three years after the day they first meet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetermined to hold on to all that was left of one of his closest friends—his memories—Hua turned to writing.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStay True\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the book he’s been working on ever since. A coming-of-age story that details both the ordinary and extraordinary,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStay True\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a bracing memoir about growing up, and about moving through the world in search of meaning and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more-link-wrap opened\"\u003e\u003cbutton class=\"btn btn-link more\" type=\"button\"\u003eSEE LESS\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"listenToAClip\" name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Doubleday Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39945778790455,"sku":"9780385547772","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/6218\/8087\/files\/new-book-hardcover-stay-true-a-memoir-hardcover-31018441113655.jpg?v=1720491609","url":"https:\/\/hivoltagerecords.com\/products\/stay-true-a-memoir","provider":"Hi-Voltage Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}