{"product_id":"inter-state-jose-vadi-9781593766955","title":"Inter State: Essays from California","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"must read\" debut collection of poetic, linked essays investigating the past and present state of California, its conflicting histories and their impact on a writer's family and life (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalifornia has been advertised as a destiny manifested for those ready to pull up their bootstraps and head west across to find wealth on the other side of the Sierra Nevada since the 19th century. Across the seven essays in the debut collection by José Vadi, we hear from the descendants of those not promised that prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eInter State\u003c\/i\u003e explores California through many lenses: an aging obsessed skateboarder; a self-appointed dive bar DJ; a laid-off San Francisco tech worker turned rehired contractor; a grandson of Mexican farmworkers pursuing the crops they tilled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmidst wildfires, high speed rail, housing crises, unprecedented wealth and its underlying decay, \u003ci\u003eInter State\u003c\/i\u003e excavates and roots itself inside those necessary stories and places lost in the ever-changing definitions of a selectively golden state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e José Vadi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593766955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593766955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/2021","brand":"José Vadi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050338775295,"sku":"9781593766955","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_755314bb-36ed-4e9b-ac13-df817dd9e485.jpg?v=1685006648","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inter-state-jose-vadi-9781593766955","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}