{"product_id":"backstitch-idrissa-simmonds-nastili-9781250422712","title":"Backstitch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a powerful new voice in fiction comes a stunning multigenerational epic, spanning from 1920s Haiti to 1990s New York, centered on the disappearance of a little girl from Brooklyn's J'ouvert celebrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrooklyn, 1998.\u003c\/b\u003e Serenity Marcelin and her six-year-old daughter, Jouvay, have spent the summer reeling from an unexpected, devastating loss. Just when the two of them are beginning to find solace within their new family dynamic, Jouvay disappears into a crowd over Labor Day weekend and Serenity's entire world changes in an instant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn order to understand the events leading to Jouvay's sudden disappearance, Serenity must unearth the long-buried secrets--and ghosts--of her family's shocking past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through the eyes of the unforgettable Marcelin women and the people closest to them, Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili's \u003ci\u003eBackstitch \u003c\/i\u003eembroiders a profound tale of hope and resistance, maneuvering readers from the city of Jérémie during the years of the US occupation of Haiti to the vibrant streets of New York. A sweeping story of motherhood, sisterhood, resistance, generational trauma, and liberation, this novel charts the lives of the ghosts, secrets, and languages we can't escape from--even when we try to bury them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 125042271X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250422712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flatiron Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48852776321279,"sku":"9781250422712","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/backstitch-idrissa-simmonds-nastili-9781250422712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}