{"product_id":"tomb-sweepingbooks","title":"Tomb Sweeping","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and generational divides that shape our relationships—from the award-winning writer of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDays of Distraction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompelling and perceptive, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomb Sweeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. In stories set across the US and Asia, Alexandra Chang immerses us in the lives of immigrant families, grocery store employees, expecting parents, and guileless lab assistants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA woman known only to her neighbors as “the Asian recycling lady” collects bottles from the streets she calls home. A young college grad ponders the void left from a broken friendship. An unfulfilled housewife in Shanghai finds a secret outlet for her ambitions in an undercover gambling den. Two strangers become something more through the bond of mistaken identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese characters, adeptly attuned to the mystery of living, invite us to consider whether it is possible for anyone to entirely do right by another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomb Sweeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brims with remarkable skill and talent in every story, keeping a definitive pulse on loss, community, and what it means to feel fully alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chang, Alexandra","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":47188150878432,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2025-03-28at3.28.38PM.png?v=1743186528","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/tomb-sweepingbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}