{"product_id":"a-way-home-a-memoir-of-losing-yourself-and-the-beauty-of-returning-9781662510618","title":"A Way Home: A Memoir of Losing Yourself, and the Beauty of Returning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Cinelle Barnes, author of \u003ci\u003eMonsoon Mansion\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a hopeful and heart-wrenching memoir about remembering and rebuilding a life after everything she knows disappears in a flash.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2023, Cinelle Barnes is writing a travelogue about journeying home to the Philippines after a twenty-year separation when she suffers a traumatic brain injury. Cinelle's story of her adoption and immigration to America as a child is not an easy one to tell to begin with. Suddenly, it seems impossible. Her memories and her connection to her husband and daughter in the Carolinas, to her own sense of self, and to her past are all erased in the blink of an eye. Cinelle has to not only piece together who she used to be but struggle to learn who she is here and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir of resilience and recovery, Cinelle charts her way back to life. Through her unfinished manuscript, she sees a creative and vibrant former self she longs to remember and to know all over again. With the everlasting support of family and friends, Cinelle discovers that nobody heals or journeys home alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinelle Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.61h x 5.41w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662510618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnes, Cinelle:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCinelle Barnes is the author of \u003ci\u003eMonsoon Mansion: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMalaya: Essays on Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South\u003c\/i\u003e. Cinelle is a brain aneurysm survivor and sits on the South Carolina Brain Injury Leadership Council. She lives in Charleston with her husband, daughter, and cat. For information, visit www.cinellebarnes.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Cinelle Barnes \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48449284276381,"sku":"9781662510618","price":34.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b388dc38-f912-4c23-baa2-2cf28619ffbd.jpg?v=1781631312","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-way-home-a-memoir-of-losing-yourself-and-the-beauty-of-returning-9781662510618","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}