{"product_id":"highwire-moon-paperback","title":"Highwire Moon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA young Mexican mother struggles to reconnect with her child in America--a \"heartrending, take-no-prisoners\" novel (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e) and National Book Award finalist.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an undocumented migrant worker, Serafina has scratched together a life for herself and her three-year-old daughter, Elvia, in the unglamorous shadows of Hollywood--until the morning she is apprehended by immigration officials and deported, separated from her terrified daughter who is crouched under the dashboard of their car.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time Elvia is fifteen, she has survived numerous foster homes and a father ill-suited to raising a tough-talking, pregnant young woman. Fighting for herself and her unborn child, she decides to search for her long-lost mother. Meanwhile, Serafina is making her way back across the Mexican border to find her little girl after all these years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e as \"an eye-opener of a novel, a road map to the real California,\" Susan Straight \"turns headlines into poetry.\" As with all her work, Straight's fourth novel presents a vital and unsparing vision of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e has published eight novels and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eIn the Country of Women\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and received the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, the O. Henry Prize, the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was born in Riverside, California, where she lives with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695553024063,"sku":"9781640093591","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/771cc8f5c60bcdfbc0e8c394b042dc00.webp?v=1765004176","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/highwire-moon-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}