{"product_id":"9780374305314","title":"In Search of Us","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn Search of Us\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ava Dellaira\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of the beloved \u003ci\u003eLove Letters to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a sweeping multi-generational story of a single mother and her biracial daughter, each at age seventeen. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo seventeen-year-old Angie, who is mixed-race, Marilyn is her hardworking, devoted white single mother. But Marilyn was once young, too. When she was seventeen, Marilyn fell in love with Angie's father, James, who was African-American. But Angie's never met him, and Marilyn has always told her he died before she was born. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Angie discovers evidence of an uncle she's never met she starts to wonder: What if her dad is still alive, too? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo she sets off on a journey to find him, hitching a ride to Los Angeles from her home in New Mexico with her ex-boyfriend, Sam. Along the way, she uncovers some hard truths about herself, her mother, and what truly happened to her father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlternating between Angie's present-day journey and Marilyn's romance set against the backdrop of LA in the '90s, the stories of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Us\u003c\/i\u003e intertwine to create a powerful tale about secrets and lies, race and identity, and mothers and daughters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Us\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rare and special book. Part mother-daughter love story, part road trip journey, part compelling mystery, and one hundred percent beautiful, spellbinding tearjerker. I’m in love with every page.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Jennifer Niven, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Bright Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHolding Up the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A masterful work of fiction. Exploring race and mother and daughter relationships, this novel is also one of the most tender and authentic takes on first love that I have ever read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jennifer Mathieu, author of MOXIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dellaira’s debut novel, \u003ci\u003eLove Letters to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, was good; her second, which tells two connected tales set 18 years apart, is spectacular. Readers will be left sobbing, both for the characters they’ve come to love and for the state of the country—Dellaira draws on persistent racial divides to craft an ending that is surprising yet inevitable, heartbreaking, and hopeful.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A coming-of-age novel about all kinds of love, this is a realistic look into how teens’ lives intertwine with their parents’ pasts. Readers who enjoyed Dellaira’s L\u003ci\u003eove Letters to the Dead \u003c\/i\u003eor Emery Lord’s \u003ci\u003eWhen We Collided\u003c\/i\u003e will fall in love with this title.\"—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...[A] compelling intergenerational tale. Achingly vibrant.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Both stories are engaging, packed with cultural references from their respective periods. But the most poignant aspect of the story is Angie’s need to connect with the African American side of her family...  this novel offers a thoughtful examination of racial identity.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through both stories, Dellaira explores the complexities of relationships, particularly between mothers and daughters, while also examining racial identity. She successfully uses photography as a metaphor to demonstrate how people can view the same subjects from many different perspectives. Beautiful prose makes this novel perfect for readers who appreciate layered meaning and vivid, original imagery.\"—\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dellaira breathes her characters into vivid life, Marilyn with her yearning and her loneliness, James with his dreams. The story of their romance, their discovery of each other is beautifully told. The parallel stories of Marilyn and James and Angie and Sam are skillfully woven together, the suspense building as Angie moves toward uncovering the secret Marilyn has kept all these years. The heart-rending tragedy at the center of the novel is revealed only toward the end - a life-changing moment frozen in amber, with a haunting and terrible resonance for readers in the year 2018.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Buffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374305314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40660247773390,"sku":"9780374305314","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_435f69b7-f78a-42a0-9a7d-48cf6827b228.jpg?v=1639535480","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374305314","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}