{"product_id":"return-kamal-al-solaylee-9781443456159","title":"Return: Why We Go Back to Where We Come from","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHill Times\u003c\/em\u003e and CBC Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHave you ever wondered what it would be like to return to your roots?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on astute political analysis and extensive reporting from around the world, \u003cem\u003eReturn: Why We Go Back to Where We Come From\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates a personal quest. Kamal Al-Solaylee, author of the bestselling and award-winning \u003cem\u003eIntolerable: A Memoir of Extremes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBrown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (to Everyone)\u003c\/em\u003e, yearns to return to his homeland of Yemen, now wracked by war, starvation and daily violence, to reconnect with his family. Yemen, as well as Egypt, another childhood home, call to him, even though he ran away from them in his youth and found peace and prosperity in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eReturn\u003c\/em\u003e, Al-Solaylee interviews dozens of people who have chosen to or long to return to their homelands, from Basques to Irish to Taiwanese. He does make a return of sorts himself, to the Middle East, visiting Israel and the West Bank, as well as Egypt. A chronicle of love and loss, of global reach and personal desires, \u003cem\u003eReturn\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to return to their roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kamal Al-Solaylee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1443456152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781443456159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Kamal Al-Solaylee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044700516607,"sku":"9781443456159","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dc03b29-c073-42a2-bfb3-101b6709de08.jpg?v=1684974374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/return-kamal-al-solaylee-9781443456159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}