{"product_id":"where-there-was-fire-library-binding","title":"Where There Was Fire - Library Binding","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Manuel Arias\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lush and atmospheric novel about three generations of a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCosta Rica, 1968.\u003c\/b\u003e When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, and her husband disappears, the future of Teresa's family is changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are picking up the pieces. Lyra wants nothing to do with Teresa, but is desperate to find out what happened to her family that fateful night. Teresa, haunted by a missing husband and the bitter ghost of her mother, Amarga, is unable to reconcile the past. What unfolds is a story of a mother and daughter trying to forgive what they do not yet understand, and the mystery at the heart of one family's rupture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrimming with ancestral spirits, omens, and the anthropomorphic forces of nature, John Manuel Arias weaves a brilliant tapestry of love, loss, secrets, and redemption in \u003ci\u003eWhere There Was Fire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Manuel Arias is a queer, Costa Rican American poet and writer. He is a Canto Mundo fellow \u0026amp; alumnus of the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop. His prose and poetry have been published in \u003ci\u003ePANK, The Rumpus, F(r)iction, Joyland Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and Akashic Books. He has lived in Washington D.C., Brooklyn New York, and in San José, Costa Rica with his grandmother and four ghosts. \u003ci\u003eWhere There Was Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis his debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725093736511,"sku":"9798885798846","price":59.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8587256acece88c7a6eba18fc7693d3a.webp?v=1765105137","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/where-there-was-fire-library-binding","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}