{"product_id":"nightcrawling-paperback-1","title":"Nightcrawling: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeila Mottley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST SELLER - AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK - A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice \"bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole\" (Tommy Orange, author of \u003ci\u003eThere There\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, TIME, \u003c\/i\u003eGOODREADS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent--which has more than doubled--and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich with raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, \u003ci\u003eNightcrawling\u003c\/i\u003e marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEILA MOTTLEY is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eNightcrawling, \u003c\/i\u003e an Oprah's Book Club Pick and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller. She is also the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. She was born and raised in Oakland, where she continues to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176175341703,"sku":"9780593312605","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2904395bc0024388c66b5128cdc5c86d.webp?v=1733387592","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/nightcrawling-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}