{"product_id":"mother-country-jacinda-townsend-9781644450871","title":"Mother Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA transnational feminist novel about human trafficking and motherhood from an award-winning author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaddled with student loans, medical debt, and the sudden news of her infertility after a major car accident, Shannon, an African American woman, follows her boyfriend to Morocco in search of relief. There, in the cobblestoned medina of Marrakech, she finds a toddler in a pink jacket whose face mirrors her own. With the help of her boyfriend and a bribed official, Shannon makes the fateful decision to adopt and raise the girl in Louisville, Kentucky. But the girl already has a mother: Souria, an undocumented Mauritanian woman who was trafficked as a teen, and who managed to escape to Morocco to build another life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn rendering Souria's separation from her family across vast stretches of desert and Shannon's alienation from her mother under the same roof, Jacinda Townsend brilliantly stages cycles of intergenerational trauma and healing. Linked by the girl who has been a daughter to them both, these unforgettable protagonists move toward their inevitable reckoning. \u003ci\u003eMother Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a bone-deep and unsparing portrayal of the ethical and emotional claims we make upon one another in the name of survival, in the name of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacinda Townsend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644450879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644450871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2022 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/02\/2022","brand":"Jacinda Townsend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050114281727,"sku":"9781644450871","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88752834-33a6-4ecf-a78a-4705c7548f00.jpg?v=1685005306","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-country-jacinda-townsend-9781644450871","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}