{"product_id":"the-american-dream","title":"The American Dream?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs a child growing up in Malaysia, Shing Yin Khor had two very different ideas of what \"America\" meant.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first looked a lot like Hollywood, full of beautiful people, sunlight, and freeways. The second looked more like \u003cem\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/em\u003e--a nightmare landscape filled with impoverished people, broken-down cars, barren landscapes, and broken dreams. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollow along on Shing's solo journey (small adventure-dog included) along the iconic Route 66, beginning in Santa Monica and ending up Chicago. What begins as a road trip ends up as something more like a pilgrimage in search of an American landscape that seems forever shifting and forever out of place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Just like Shing in real life, \u003cem\u003eThe American Dream?\u003c\/em\u003e is quirky, honest, captivating, and filled with recollections of weird roadside statues.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eCarol L. Tilley, comics historian and information science professor\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Shing Yin Khor's debut graphic memoir \u003cem\u003eThe American Dream? \u003c\/em\u003eis the critical antidote to the whitewashed narratives of the great American road trip.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Kristina Wong, performance artist and activist\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A lovely, deceptively simple road trip memoir that revels in quirky discovery and quiet adventure while grappling with the anger and longing of one immigrant's experience.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Greg Pak, comic book writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Khor takes that 'feeling of desperately searching for something better, for a new start, ' and adapts it to their own 'pilgrimage' as immigrant and artist traveling historic Route 66 . . . in whimsical full-color detail.\"--\u003cstrong\u003estarred, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a book that will make you want to pack a bag, jump in your car and travel across America.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eGeek Mom\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Forbes Best Graphic Novel of 2019\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Zest Books (Tm)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53018110067008,"sku":"9781942186373","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/8912\/3648\/files\/imageloader_af0c0d47-2a98-4f66-921f-484a0ca5df12.jpg?v=1786548335","url":"https:\/\/silverstreetbooks.com\/products\/the-american-dream","provider":"silverstreetbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}