{"product_id":"when-trying-to-return-home-stories","title":"When Trying to Return Home: Stories","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWhen Trying to Return Home: Stories\u003c\/h1\u003eJennifer Maritza McCauley\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 1 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781640096349\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1640096345\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Miami, and beyond--and an evocative meditation on belonging, the meaning of home, and how we secure freedom on our own terms \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfoundly moving and powerful, the stories in \u003ci\u003eWhen Trying to Return Home\u003c\/i\u003e dig deeply into the question of belonging. A young woman is torn between overwhelming love for her mother and the need to break free from her damaging influence during a desperate and disastrous attempt to rescue her brother from foster care. A man, his wife, and his mistress each confront the borders separating love and hate, obligation and longing, on the eve of a flight to San Juan. A college student grapples with the space between chivalry and machismo in a tense encounter involving a nun. And in 1930s Louisiana, a woman attempting to find a place to call her own chances upon an old friend at a bar and must reckon with her troubled past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForming a web of desires and consequences that span generations, McCauley's Black American and Afro-Puerto Rican characters remind us that these voices have always been here, occupying the very center of American life--even if we haven't always been willing to listen.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390923997229,"sku":"19562","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_f67d57e7-da68-497d-8962-911a8d2be26a.jpg?v=1787349350","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/when-trying-to-return-home-stories","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}