{"product_id":"when-the-ground-turns-in-sylvia-sellers-garcia-9781594483363","title":"When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning debut novel that ?brings to mind the atmosphere and tension of Gabriel Garc a M rquez.?( Katharine Weber, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Women\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eN tido Am n knows he was born in Guatemala, but he doesn't know why his family left. Raised in the States by his immigrant parents, they never talked about it. When N tido loses his father to Alzheimer's disease, his despondent mother grows increasingly silent and N tido realizes that his links to the past are disappearing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seeking answers, N tido travels to Guatemala against his mother's wishes. Upon his arrival in the small town of R o Roto, he is mistaken for the new priest, and decides to play the part. From his parishioners, he catches tantalizing and frightening glimpses of the buried history he's aching to know. In a place shrouded in secrets, N tido is at once determined and frightened to unearth the unnamed horrors it has seen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With her elegant, hypnotic prose, this marks Sellers- Garc a's arrival as a distinctive new voice in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvia Sellers-Garcia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1594483361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594483363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.12w x 0.85d","brand":"Sylvia Sellers-Garcia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46172917727487,"sku":"9781594483363","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67499162-8d13-4ac1-8132-2b8caa10f550.jpg?v=1727179477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-the-ground-turns-in-sylvia-sellers-garcia-9781594483363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}