{"product_id":"nirvana-is-here","title":"Nirvana Is Here","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chance encounter in a flea market parking lot and a severed finger embroil two Vietnamese German siblings ― and a vividly drawn cast of eccentric neighbors, a tough teen biker with a crush, a rollerblading girl gang, and many others ― on a mission to save a desperate young Vietnamese woman from her pursuer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo German siblings, 12-year-old Tâm and 14-year-old Dennis Nguyen, encounter a young Vietnamese woman in trouble in a flea market parking lot. When Tâm’s spy movie-obsessed schoolmate, Alex, discovers an abandoned backpack with a photo of a happy couple with Tâm’s address on the back, it will lead the two to discover a severed finger. Worried, Tâm searches for the desperate woman, aided by her reluctant brother, and eventually finds Hoa Bin, who escaped from her kidnapper ― who’s still tracking her down. Drawn to Hoa Bin, Tâm vows to save her ― even if she has to break her stern-but-loving mom’s rules, dodge the bad guys in wild chases through the Berlin streets, and combine the forces of Marina, the Nguyens’ tough-chick neighbor, Jutta, an elderly retired actress, a rollerblading girl gang, and many others to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Ross’s empathetic, loose-but-controlled lines, cartoonishly expressive kids interact against and within the realistically depicted urban environments, given texture and grit by screen-tones. Nirvana Is Here is a contemporary crime thriller that has adventure, diasporic, coming-of-age, and love story elements, set in Berlin’s working-class Lichtenberg district against a backdrop of very current social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack-and-white illustrations throughout\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glorp Gum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038159175847,"sku":"9798875002649","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0926\/files\/9798875002649.jpg?v=1785353724","url":"https:\/\/glorpgum.com\/products\/nirvana-is-here","provider":"Glorp Gum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}