{"product_id":"born-in-1987","title":"Born in 1987: The Dial-Up Discoverer","description":"\u003cp class=\"tl\"\u003eHearing the Future Connect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"hook\"\u003eBorn in 1987? Then you remember the screech of the dial-up modem, typing a\/s\/l to a stranger, and the whole family waiting to use the only phone line in the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bdg-split\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"banner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"icon\"\u003e📖\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis is a story book.\u003c\/b\u003e A first-person coming-of-age novel about someone born in 1987, growing up through the real events, songs, toys and prices of their decades.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe story\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first time Pao Xiong heard the internet, he thought it was broken. It was two days before Christmas in 1997, and a computer in a spotted cow-print box sat on the living-room carpet while his father watched with his arms crossed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1987: The Dial-Up Discoverer is a first-person life story of a boy born in Oroville, California, to a Hmong refugee family. His father worked in a mill and fought in the Secret War in Laos. His mother farms and sells long beans. Pao grows up between two languages and two worlds, and the book is told in the language of the searches he typed along the way, from how do i get on the internet to hmong new year oroville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is the first chat room in 1999, with a girl named Bree who lives in Paradise. There is a Butte College football program signed by Aaron Rodgers and kept in a Ziploc bag. There are emails from a best friend deployed overseas, an interest-rate letter that puts the family's yellow house in danger, and a drive to Fresno for a funeral that matters to an entire people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe years carry him on: a Hmong wedding with a non-Hmong bride, a newborn at the time the Oroville Dam evacuation is ordered, and the day in 2018 when Paradise, the safest town in California, burns. After that he checks the smoke forecast every morning, and the book is told by its colors. It ends at a Hmong New Year in 2026, where a daughter throws a tennis ball and says, Dad, you're supposed to catch it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is warm, honest, and often funny, with real pain and a lot of love. A timeline of 1987, famous people born that year, and a look at what the year means in other cultures appear at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a lovely birthday gift for a husband, brother, or friend of the dial-up generation,.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA few things that happened in 1987\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul class=\"facts\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1987-02-23\u003c\/b\u003e — Astronomers see Supernova 1987A, the brightest exploding star seen from Earth in nearly 400 years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1987-03-09\u003c\/b\u003e — U2 releases The Joshua Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1987-04-19\u003c\/b\u003e — The Simpsons first appear, in short cartoons on The Tracey Ullman Show\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1987-06-12\u003c\/b\u003e — In West Berlin, President Reagan says, \"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1987-07-07\u003c\/b\u003e — Oliver North begins testifying in the Iran-Contra hearings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAlso born in 1987\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul class=\"facts\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNovak Djokovic\u003c\/b\u003e — Tennis player; won a record 24 Grand Slam men's singles titles and the 2024 Olympic gold medal. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLionel Messi\u003c\/b\u003e — Soccer forward; won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards and led Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title. Often called the greatest soccer player of all time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKarim Benzema\u003c\/b\u003e — Soccer striker; Real Madrid's all-time great forward and winner of the 2022 Ballon d'Or\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCesc Fàbregas\u003c\/b\u003e — Soccer midfielder; set up the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final for Spain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAndy Murray\u003c\/b\u003e — Tennis player; won three Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon in 2013 (the first British man to win it in 77 years), and two Olympic golds in singles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"NostalgiaGift","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":48946813173921,"sku":"BI-1987-PDF","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":48946813206689,"sku":"BI-1987-SOFT","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48946813239457,"sku":"BI-1987-HARD","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/nostalgiagift.com\/products\/born-in-1987","provider":"Nostalgia Gift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}