{"product_id":"the-unwritten-road-home-keneisha-matthias-9798296754875","title":"The Unwritten Road Home: Returning to a Home That No Longer Fits","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Unwritten Road Home: Returning to a Home That No Longer Fits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA poignant memoir of healing, identity, and the quiet unravelling of everything once familiar.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter years abroad, she returned to the island that raised her-Jamaica-expecting warmth, reunion, and the comfort of home. But what she found instead was a place changed by time, and a self no longer shaped to fit the mold she had left behind.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unwritten Road Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, the author traces her journey back after major surgery and life upheaval, confronting the economic strain, cultural shifts, and emotional weight of re-entry. What begins as a triumphant return quickly becomes a reckoning-with unspoken expectations, with the silence between family members, and with the disquieting realization that \"home\" may never be what it once was.\u003cbr\u003eSet against the lush yet sobering backdrop of rural Jamaica, this lyrical memoir explores themes of dislocation, belonging, resilience, and rebirth. Through poetic prose and raw honesty, the author charts the complex terrain between nostalgia and reality, past and present, rootedness and reinvention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who have ever left home, only to return and find themselves lost where they once felt found-this book is for you.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhat My Bones Know\u003c\/i\u003e by Stephanie Foo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e by Hisham Matar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e by Jesmyn Ward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuy your copy of \u003ci\u003eThe Unwritten Road Home\u003c\/i\u003e today and discover what it means to rebuild not just a life-but a sense of self-on familiar ground that no longer feels like yours.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keneisha Matthias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798296754875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Keneisha Matthias","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997150228735,"sku":"9798296754875","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unwritten-road-home-keneisha-matthias-9798296754875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}