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Catapult
Jennifer Maritza McCauley
When Trying To Return Home
N/A
2023
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Publisher > Catapult
Author > Jennifer Maritza McCauley
Title > When Trying To Return Home
Issue > N/A
Year > 2023
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ISBN > 9781640095694
Pages > 272
Genre > Fiction African-American-Fiction Literature Short-Stories
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > BOOK
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2023-02
Release > 2026-09-29
Disks > 01 x 2 MB
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Reading the West Book Awards NomineeLonglisted for the Aspen Words Literary
PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceA dazzling debut collection
spanning a century of Black American and AfroLatino life in Puerto Rico
Pittsburgh Louisiana Miami and beyondand an evocative meditation on
belonging the meaning of home and how we secure freedom on our own
termsProfoundly moving and powerful the stories in When Trying to Return
Home 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
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-trying-to-return-home-stories-jennifer-
maritza-mccauley/1183f67354a830f9
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