{"product_id":"the-seekers-of-deer-creek","title":"The Seekers of Deer Creek","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the national bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBanyan Moon, \u003c\/em\u003e a captivating, evocative story of two estranged sisters on a quest to find a painting by a forgotten Vietnamese artist that holds the truth of their family's fractured past. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAside from the fact they are sisters, Vivi and Calla Nguyễn have little in common.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVivi, the eldest, lives an orderly and predictable life. She works as an art conservator at a museum in Chicago, carefully preserving pieces of the past, all the while refusing to examine her own dark history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalla leads a much bolder, if occasionally reckless, existence. She's an accomplished artist with a flair for the dramatic, charming and intriguing everyone she meets. She's also a recovering addict, constantly causing Vivi to worry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonths after the two fall out in the wake of their father's death, Calla appears on the steps of the museum with a sketch and a letter she found in their father's belongings. The sketch is an exact copy of \u003cem\u003eBlue Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e, a striking painting by a Vietnamese painter named K.P. Lý. In the letter, Lý writes about a mysterious lost work of art. Calla is convinced it is meant for their family, and that it was their father's deathbed wish for her and Vivi to find it together. Intrigued yet reluctant to follow her capricious sister, Vivi must decide whether she's willing to face or shut the door to the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the ghostly Wisconsin woods to a glittering estate in the French countryside to a sprawling ancestral home teetering on the edge of a ravine in Việt Nam, \u003cem\u003eThe Seekers of Deer Creek \u003c\/em\u003eis a story of sisters, art, and the irresistible gravity of the past--how it endures across time and generations, always present even when buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780063381599, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9780063381599, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eThai, Thao\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThao Thai\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eBanyan Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, the July 2023 Read with Jenna title, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Pick, and Book of the Month selection. \u003cem\u003eBanyan Moon\u003c\/em\u003e was also selected by booksellers as an IndieNext pick and longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. She was the recipient of the 2024 Ohio Arts Council's Individual Excellence Award, and her work has been published in the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books, WIRED, Elle, Lit Hub\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications. She lives in central Ohio with her husband and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496245952790,"sku":"9780063381599","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780063381599.jpg?v=1783058104","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-seekers-of-deer-creek","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}