{"product_id":"lot-bryan-washington-9781663627711","title":"Lot: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama's \"Favorite Books of the Year\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhenomenal --Justin Torres, author of \u003ci\u003eWe the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant --Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of \u003ci\u003eHere Comes the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A profound exploration of the true meaning of borders.\"\u003ci\u003e --The New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2019 in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eby Dwight Garner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAround him, others live and thrive and die in Houston's myriad neighborhoods: a young woman whose affair detonates across an apartment complex, a ragtag baseball team, a group of young hustlers, hurricane survivors, a local drug dealer who takes a Guatemalan teen under his wing, a reluctant chupacabra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBryan Washington's brilliant, viscerally drawn world vibrates with energy, wit, raw power, and the infinite longing of people searching for home. With soulful insight into what makes a community, a family, and a life, \u003ci\u003eLot\u003c\/i\u003e explores trust and love in all its unsparing and unsteady forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1663627711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781663627711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtleback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Bryan Washington","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073940975871,"sku":"9781663627711","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37c01800-b964-42ef-9f6a-e6a991b46f2a.jpg?v=1685450825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lot-bryan-washington-9781663627711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}