{"product_id":"when-the-wanderers-come-home-patricia-jabbeh-wesley-9780803288577","title":"When the Wanderers Come Home","description":"Described by African scholar and literary critic Chielozona Eze as \"one of the most prolific African poets of the twenty-first century,\" Patricia Jabbeh Wesley composed \u003ci\u003eWhen the Wanderers Come Home\u003c\/i\u003e during a four-month visit to her homeland of Liberia in 2013. She gives powerful voice to the pain and inner turmoil of a homeland still reconciling itself in the aftermath of multiple wars and destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wesley, a native Liberian, calls on deeply rooted African motifs and proverbs, utilizing the poetics of both the West and Africa to convey her grief. Autobiographical in nature, the poems highlight the hardships of a diaspora African and the devastation of a country and continent struggling to recover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Wanderers Come Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a woman's story about being an exile, a survivor, and an outsider in her own country; it is her cry for the Africa that is being lost in wars across the continent, creating more wanderers and world citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Jabbeh Wesley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803288573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803288577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Patricia Jabbeh Wesley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926198190335,"sku":"9780803288577","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5977ec25-57dd-4701-8f71-cd972236291d.jpg?v=1681081741","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-the-wanderers-come-home-patricia-jabbeh-wesley-9780803288577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}