{"product_id":"they-call-you-back-tim-z-hernandez-9780816557042","title":"They Call You Back: A Lost History, a Search, a Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Tillie Olsen Prize for Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemoir Magazine Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Latino Book Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSouthwest Books of the Year Recognition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting, an obsession, a calling: Tim Z. Hernandez has been searching for people his whole life. Now, in this highly anticipated memoir, he takes us along on an investigative odyssey through personal and collective history to uncover the surprising conjunctions that bind our stories together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHernandez's mission to find the families of the twenty-eight Mexicans who were killed in the 1948 plane wreck at Los Gatos Canyon formed the basis for his acclaimed documentary novel \u003ci\u003eAll They Will Call You\u003c\/i\u003e, which the San Francisco Chronicle dubbed \"a stunning piece of investigative journalism,\" and the New York Times hailed as \"painstaking detective work by a writer who is the descendant of farmworkers.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this riveting new work, Hernandez continues his search for the plane crash victims while also turning the lens on himself and his ancestral past, revealing the tumultuous and deeply intimate experiences that have fueled his investigations--a lifelong journey haunted by memory, addiction, generational trauma, and the spirit world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey Call You Back\u003c\/i\u003e is the true chronicle of one man's obsession to restore dignity to an undignified chapter in America's past, while at the same time making a case for why we must heal our personal wounds if we are ever to heal our political ones.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Z. Hernandez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816557047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816557042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Tim Z. Hernandez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623629992191,"sku":"9780816557042","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/they-call-you-back-tim-z-hernandez-9780816557042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}