{"product_id":"the-girl-in-the-picture","title":"The Girl in the Picture","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Chong, Denise","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":43869584359648,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/41Py4mRi3mL._SX325_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1610570678","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-girl-in-the-picture","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}