{"product_id":"a-tender-age","title":"A Tender Age","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Who is a greater novelist than Chang-rae Lee?' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'He has redefined not only what it means to be American, but the fabric of the Great American Novel itself.' Jhumpa Lahiri\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A frighteningly accurate depic­tion of adolescence that offers no easy answers… Another powerful work from one of America’s best authors.’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted novelist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Lee’s latest novel is a tale of almosts: a family of working-class immigrants almost living the American dream; an 11-year-old boy, almost transitioning into adulthood and straddling the worlds of his doting Korean parents and a semi-feral gaggle of neighborhood kids.’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMost Anticipated Books of 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spellbinding exploration of masculinity and family dynamics as seen through the confused eyes of a prepubescent child of immigrants, \u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\u003c\/i\u003e joins the rich tradition of the coming-of-age novel. The natural descendent of characters like Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caulfield, Korean-American Jeon-Gi is torn between competing ideas of himself. At home, his working-class parents dote on him. Outside, he is part of a roving pack of kids with dominion over a derelict baseball field, weedy parking lot, and rusty jungle gym. Getting into and out of trouble is all-consuming. But the summer he turns eleven, he becomes embroiled in a staggering series of events reverberating far beyond himself and his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevastating in its emotional precision, \u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\u003c\/i\u003e captures a family and community in striking distance of the American dream, and a young person on the precipice of adult knowledge, looking at his own culpability and looking away - then thinking about it for the rest of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Chang-rae Lee can do no wrong in my mind – I devoured Lee’s last novel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Year Abroad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and I can’t wait for this one.’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLitHub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46036899758271,"sku":"9781398562943","price":44.55,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/70755-aac3441e578f71dcf32a609ba8fda3ceedd8e269f2a30f6b7d39d272cf4b7a88.jpg?v=1787024621","url":"https:\/\/popweasel.co.nz\/products\/a-tender-age","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}