{"product_id":"somewhere-soft-to-land-9780593726792","title":"Somewhere Soft to Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this crackling portrayal of friendship in peril, a young woman's world is upended when a tragedy in her best friend's life tests the boundaries of their sisterhood--a sharp and compelling debut novel from a Ghanaian American writer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDzifa has always felt a bit off. Maybe it's the family baggage, or maybe it's just how she's wired. Depleted by cycles of burnout, she lives in a perpetual state of bracing: for another lost job, another lost home, another piece of evidence she isn't doing \u003ci\u003ebeing\u003c\/i\u003e right. If it weren't for the encouragement--and occasional overstepping--of her magnetic best friend, Tatiana, Dzifa doesn't know if she'd have made it as far as she has. Despite their differences, the two women share a desire to be their authentic selves, and to shed the grip of the respectability politics they've been taught should govern their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust as each begins to find her way, the sudden passing of Tatiana's child upends everything. Dzifa rushes to Tatiana's hometown to help her friend prepare for the funeral. But when she arrives, Dzifa is immersed in an unsettling conflict between two diametrically opposed families, one of whom seems intent on seeding doubt about Tatiana's capacity as a mother. When Tatiana asks her for the ultimate favor, Dzifa must choose between loyalty at the expense of her own well-being and authenticity at the expense of her most valued friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA riveting exploration of sisterhood, what it means to mother and be mothered, and what it means to be well, \u003ci\u003eSomewhere Soft to Land\u003c\/i\u003e reckons with the sometimes funny, sometimes fraught friendship between women with divergent ideologies, aspirations, personalities, and paths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kai Alonté\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.41w x 1.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593726792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ekai alonté\u003c\/b\u003e is a Ghanaian American artist based in northern Europe. Her short story \"3-Step Face Mask\" was published in \u003ci\u003eSycamore Review\u003c\/i\u003e in 2021 and won first place for nonfiction in the 2020 West Virginia Writers Contest. In 2024, her essay \"Embracing Life's Layers Through Collage\" was published in \u003ci\u003eOnko Maailma Valmis?, \u003c\/i\u003e a collection organized by Kulttuuria kaikille (Culture for All). She graduated from Trinity College Dublin's MPhil program in creative writing and has been an artist-in-residence at Gullkistan, NES, Arteles, and Hub Feenix.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kai Alont\u0026#195;\u0026#169; \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47876592205981,"sku":"9780593726792","price":47.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_76d98a4e-963a-4a10-a0ef-e2b29b826737.jpg?v=1777382841","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/somewhere-soft-to-land-9780593726792","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}