{"product_id":"midnight-at-the-dragon-cafe","title":"Midnight at the Dragon Cafe","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe life of a young Chinese girl is torn apart by dark family secrets and divided loyalties in a small Ontario town in the 1950s. Judy Fong Bates's fresh and engaging first novel is the story of Su-Jen Chou, a Chinese girl growing up the only daughter of an unhappy and isolated immigrant family in a small Ontario town in the 1950s. Through Su-Jen's eyes we see the hard life behind the scenes at the Dragon Caf, the local diner her family runs. Her half-brother Lee-Kung smolders under the responsibilities he must carry as the dutiful Chinese son. Her mother, beautiful but bitter, lays her hopes and dreams on Su-Jen's shoulders, until she turns to find solace in the most forbidden of places, while Su-Jen's elderly father strives to hek fuh, swallow bitterness, and save face at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folded Corner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59636792525086,"sku":"9781582431895","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/4018\/5118\/files\/9781582431895.jpg?v=1784423651","url":"https:\/\/readfoldedcorner.com\/products\/midnight-at-the-dragon-cafe","provider":"Folded Corner Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}