{"product_id":"highwire-moon-9781640093591","title":"Highwire Moon","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Straight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640093591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Susan Straight \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566649622685,"sku":"9781640093591","price":38.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d5097a28-65a3-4e6a-8805-a6d4f78a2690.jpg?v=1768314146","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/highwire-moon-9781640093591","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}