{"product_id":"desire-lines-kristen-millares-young-9781636285009","title":"Desire Lines: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her debut memoir, award-winning novelist and journalist \u003cstrong\u003eKristen Millares Young\u003c\/strong\u003e seeks possibilities for women's liberation amid the ongoing erosion of our human rights. \u003cem\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/em\u003e excavates submerged truths about motherhood, the body and the sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/em\u003e takes its title from footpaths--of necessity, defiance and longing--that emerge next to the routes that were planned for us. Challenging herself to be a mother unlike what she has known, Millares Young centers her own body as a site of resistance and making.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTracing her matrilineage from Cuba to Spain, Millares Young uncovers the remnants of a pagan cult whose mother goddess, Cybele, was erased to make way for the Virgin Mary. But Cybele was no virgin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the edge of an impasse, written as both invitation and veil, \u003cem\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/em\u003e reclaims the power siphoned from women's stories, wielding the lyric essay for awakening consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristen Millares Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1636285007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636285009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kristen Millares Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48112794861823,"sku":"9781636285009","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c696f94-9f00-4278-8168-d9ebc9ec22ca.jpg?v=1769610989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/desire-lines-kristen-millares-young-9781636285009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}