{"product_id":"willa-hesper-paperback","title":"Willa \u0026 Hesper - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Feltman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e For fans of \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e by Garth Greenwell and \u003ci\u003eThe Futures\u003c\/i\u003e by Anna Pitoniak, a soul-piercing debut that explores the intertwining of past and present, queerness, and coming of age in uncertain times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Willa's darkness enters Hesper's light late one night in Brooklyn. Theirs is a whirlwind romance until Willa starts to know Hesper too well, to crawl into her hidden spaces, and Hesper shuts her out. She runs, following her fractured family back to her grandfather's hometown of Tbilisi, Georgia, looking for the origin story that he is no longer able to tell. But once in Tbilisi, cracks appear in her grandfather's history-and a massive flood is heading toward Georgia, threatening any hope for repair. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, heartbroken Willa is so desperate to leave New York that she joins a group trip for Jewish twentysomethings to visit Holocaust sites in Germany and Poland, hoping to override her emotional state. When it proves to be more fraught than home, she must come to terms with her past-the ancestral past, her romantic past, and the past that can lead her forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told from alternating perspectives, and ending in the shadow of Trump's presidency, WILLA \u0026amp; HESPER is a deeply moving, cerebral, and timely debut \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Feltman graduated with an M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University in 2016, and now works at \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers Magazin\u003c\/i\u003ee. An excerpt from \"Willa and Hesper\" appeared in \u003ci\u003eCosmonauts Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e, and her writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Believer logger, The Toast, The Millions, The Rumpus, Lilith Magazine, Slice Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. Her short story, \"Speculoos,\" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2016 and was long-listed for Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers. She lives with her partner in Astoria, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167506468999,"sku":"9781538712559","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dc4a2b760e91bd4b6383c13abe4b234b.webp?v=1733328229","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/willa-hesper-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}