New York Times Bestseller
Pulitzer Prize Winner and one of the New York Times‘s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. A stunning meditation on an unlikely friendship cut tragically short—Hua Hsu’s memoir about grief, identity, and holding onto what matters will linger with you long after you turn the final page.
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Some friendships arrive when you least expect them, with people who seem like your opposite in every way. For Hua Hsu, that person was Ken—a Dave Matthews fan, an Abercrombie devotee, a fraternity brother. Everything Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants who spent his days haunting record shops and making zines, defined himself against.
But something shifted. Late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives down the California coast, the small victories and humiliations of college life—these became the foundation of an unlikely, profound friendship. Two young men, both searching for their place in an American culture that didn’t quite seem to have room for either of them, found each other.
And then, senselessly, Ken was gone. Killed in a carjacking, barely three years after they met.
Stay True is the book Hua Hsu has been writing ever since—a stunning meditation on friendship, grief, identity, and the way we hold onto what matters most. Named one of the New York Times‘s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century, this New Yorker staff writer’s memoir is both achingly specific and universally resonant. It’s about growing up, about loss, about the search for meaning and belonging in a world that often feels impossibly vast.
A book that lingers long after the final page—exquisite, excruciating, and unforgettable.
A graceful and profound meditation on friendship and loss.
Hsu has written a book of tremendous grace and humanity, a memoir that is also a meditation on the meaning of friendship and the ways we shape ourselves through the people we love.
A piercing account of grief and friendship... Hsu's prose is elegant and understated.
A beautiful meditation on the nature of friendship and the ache of loss.
Extraordinary... A portrait of a friendship as vivid and complex as life itself.
An exquisite memoir about the intimacy and generosity of male friendship.
A profound meditation on loss, memory, and the ineffable nature of friendship.
A moving elegy to a lost friend and a meditation on the immigrant experience.
Hsu writes with remarkable clarity and grace about friendship, loss, and the search for identity.
A brilliant, devastating memoir about friendship and grief.
| Weight | 0.51 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 5.19 × 0.56 × 8.00 in |
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| Subject | American, Asian & Asian American, Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies, Biography & Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic Studies, Personal Memoirs, Social Science |
| Accolade | New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Notable Book, Pulitzer Prize |
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