{"product_id":"take-me-home-paperback-6","title":"Take Me Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Leung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A riveting novel of two heroic people attempting to transcend the prejudices of their time and place. . . . Skillful artistry and empathy.\" --Ron Rash, author of \u003cem\u003eSerena \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eOne Foot in Eden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Leung's writing is exquisite, deceptively plain, deeply felt and spiritually high, with dead-on depictions of the world as it is.\" --\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Brian Leung, author of \u003cem\u003eLost Men \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWorld Famous Love Acts \u003c\/em\u003e(winner of both the Asian American Literary Award and the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction) comes a story of forbidden friendship in an Old West mining town. Set amidst the racial tensions surrounding the Rock Springs Massacre, \u003cem\u003eTake Me Home \u003c\/em\u003emakes the desperate coal mine culture of Wyoming come alive. Readers of Annie Dillard and Annie Proulx will thrill for the latest book by this exciting voice in American literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdele Addie Maine is returning to Dire, Wyoming, forty years after the deadly events that drove her away from her husband without a word.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears earlier, when Addie first heads West to stay with her brother Tommy, she is wary of the Chinese working alongside the white men in the local coal mines. But when Tommy falters at homesteading and the mine becomes their only path, Addie's eyes are opened through her association with one Chinese man in particular, Wing Lee--and a bond forms between them that is impossible and forbidden, even in a territory where nearly everyone is an immigrant. Together, Addie and Wing harbor a secret, and when racial tensions escalate to a combustion point, Addie will face a devastating choice between fighting for what is right . . . and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, redemptive novel that explores justice in a time of violence, and the sweeping landscape between friendship and love.\u003c\/p\u003e--Helena María Viramontes, author of \u003ci\u003eTheir Dogs Came With Them\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnder The Feet of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdele \"Addie\" Maine is returning to Dire, Wyoming, forty years after the deadly events that drove her away from her husband without a word.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears earlier, when Addie first heads West to stay with her brother Tommy, she is wary of the Chinese working alongside the white men in the local coal mines. But when Tommy falters at homesteading and the mine becomes their only path, Addie's eyes are opened through her association with one Chinese man in particular, Wing Lee--and a bond forms between them that is impossible and forbidden, even in a territory where nearly everyone is an immigrant. Together, Addie and Wing harbor a secret, and when racial tensions escalate to a combustion point, Addie will face a devastating choice between fighting for what is right . . . and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, redemptive novel that explores justice in a time of violence, and the sweeping landscape between friendship and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44470098133127,"sku":"9780061769092","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/VwRucpZY6z9780061769092.webp?v=1776210409","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/take-me-home-paperback-6","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}