{"product_id":"desire-lines-a-memoir-9781636285009","title":"Desire Lines: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Thrilled to have this explosive and daring collection in my hands. More, please.\"--Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize finalist, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Highway\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesire Lines \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eis a fearless, lyric memoir-in-essays in which Kristen Millares Young excavates her matrilineage and the submerged histories of the divine feminine, blending personal narrative, mythology, and cultural critique to reclaim women's voices, maternal power, and selfhood across generations. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her debut memoir, award-winning novelist and journalist Kristen Millares Young seeks possibilities for women's liberation amid the ongoing erosion of our human rights. \u003ci\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/i\u003e excavates submerged truths about motherhood, the body, and the sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/i\u003e takes its title from footpaths--of necessity, defiance and longing--that emerge next to the routes that were planned for us. Challenging herself to be a mother unlike what she has known, Millares Young centers her own body as a site of resistance and making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing her matrilineage from Cuba to Spain, Millares Young uncovers the remnants of a pagan cult whose mother goddess, Cybele, was erased to make way for the Virgin Mary. But Cybele was no virgin. On the edge of an impasse, written as both invitation and veil, \u003ci\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/i\u003e reclaims the power siphoned from women's stories, wielding the lyric essay for awakening consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristen Millares Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636285009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristen Millares Young\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eSubduction\u003c\/em\u003e, named a staff pick by \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review.\u003c\/em\u003e Winner of Nautilus and IPPY awards, \u003cem\u003eSubduction \u003c\/em\u003ewas a finalist for two International Latino Book Awards and Foreword Indies Book of the Year. Her essays and reviews appear in the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub, \u003c\/em\u003eand the anthologies \u003cem\u003eAdvanced Creative Nonfiction, Alone Together, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBroken Free\u003c\/em\u003e. A former Hugo House Prose Writer-in-Residence, she is the editor of \u003cem\u003eSeismic, \u003c\/em\u003ea Washington State Book Award finalist. Kristen was the researcher for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e team that produced \"Snow Fall,\" which won a Pulitzer Prize. She lives in Seattle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kristen Millares Young \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":49001576530077,"sku":"9781636285009","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4ea7359a-4220-4989-9a76-bf8d188fcf3d.jpg?v=1791980625","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/desire-lines-a-memoir-9781636285009","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}