{"product_id":"when-trying-to-return-home-jennifer-maritza-mccauley-9781640095687","title":"When Trying to Return Home: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eReading the West Book Awards Nominee\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Miami, and beyond--and an evocative meditation on belonging, the meaning of home, and how we secure freedom on our own terms \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfoundly moving and powerful, the stories in \u003ci\u003eWhen Trying to Return Home\u003c\/i\u003e dig deeply into the question of belonging. A young woman is torn between overwhelming love for her mother and the need to break free from her damaging influence during a desperate and disastrous attempt to rescue her brother from foster care. A man, his wife, and his mistress each confront the borders separating love and hate, obligation and longing, on the eve of a flight to San Juan. A college student grapples with the space between chivalry and machismo in a tense encounter involving a nun. And in 1930s Louisiana, a woman attempting to find a place to call her own chances upon an old friend at a bar and must reckon with her troubled past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForming a web of desires and consequences that span generations, McCauley's Black American and Afro-Puerto Rican characters remind us that these voices have always been here, occupying the very center of American life--even if we haven't always been willing to listen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Maritza McCauley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640095683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640095687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 7.70w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023","brand":"Jennifer Maritza McCauley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073091039487,"sku":"9781640095687","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88298680-ac7a-439b-a195-da848885cffe.jpg?v=1685445757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-trying-to-return-home-jennifer-maritza-mccauley-9781640095687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}