{"product_id":"9781644450567","title":"The Dragons, the Giant, the Women : A Memoir","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dragons, the Giant, the Women\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Wayétu Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding for three weeks until they arrive in the village of Lai. Finally, a rebel soldier smuggles them across the border to Sierra Leone, reuniting the family and setting them off on yet another journey, this time to the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning this harrowing journey in Moore’s early childhood, her years adjusting to life in Texas as a black woman and an immigrant, and her eventual return to Liberia, \u003ci\u003eThe Dragons, the Giant, the Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving story of the search for home in the midst of upheaval. Moore has a novelist’s eye for suspense and emotional depth, and this unforgettable memoir is full of imaginative, lyrical flights and lush prose. In capturing both the hazy magic and the stark realities of what is becoming an increasingly pervasive experience, Moore shines a light on the great political and personal forces that continue to affect many migrants around the world, and calls us all to acknowledge the tenacious power of love and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMS. MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Immersive, exhilarating. . . . This memoir adds an essential voice to the genre of migrant literature, challenging false popular narratives that migration is optional, permanent and always results in a better life.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In her bruising new memoir, Moore describes the perilous journey as well as her experience of being a black immigrant living in the American South. Through it all, she threads an urgent narrative about the costs of survival and the strength of familial love.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Dragons, the Giant, the Women \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully written book about the experience of migrating—a story, particularly in this moment, that can never be told enough.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBitch Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A powerful look at the migrant experience and how its effects reverberate decades into the future.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBook Riot \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Riveting and beautifully written. . . . The extraordinary power of [\u003ci\u003eThe Dragons, the Giant, the Women\u003c\/i\u003e] resides not only in [Wayétu Moore’s] flight, but in her survival.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNational Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With the same fabled quality of \u003ci\u003eShe Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e, Moore embraces the fantastical elements of her experiences to weave a story of migration that compels readers to see migration narratives in a new way: as a multidimensional story that comes alive through more than one approach.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHippocampus \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Building to a thrumming crescendo, the pages almost fly past. Readers will be both enraptured and heartbroken by Moore’s intimate yet epic story of love for family and home.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Moore’s narrative style shines, weaving moments of lightness into a story of pain and conflict, family and war, loss and reunion.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Identity, family ties, heroism, and gender roles are beautifully woven in Moore's fable-like narrative. . . . Moore's observation that 'the best stories do not always end happily, but happiness will find its way in there somehow' captures the emotional complexity of this powerful, stirring, and imaginatively allegorical memoir.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wayétu Moore has written an elegant, inspired, page-turning memoir I couldn’t put down. Destined to become a classic!”\u003cb\u003e—Mary Karr \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A riveting narrative of survival and resilience and a tribute to the fierce love between parents and children.”\u003cb\u003e—Mary Laura Philpott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A propulsive, heart-rending memoir of love and war and peace. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Dragons, The Giant, the Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to the new literature of African immigration.”\u003cb\u003e—Namwali Serpell \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deft and deeply human, Wayetu Moore’s \u003ci\u003eThe Dragons, the Giant, the Women\u003c\/i\u003e had me pinned from its first page to its last.”\u003cb\u003e—Mira Jacob\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A moving and richly drawn tale of a family threatened by violence in ‘90s Liberia. . . . A powerful, utterly convincing, and unforgettable story.”\u003cb\u003e—Chigozie Obioma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wayétu Moore stretches the art of writing on family, war, and movement to mythical heights with her otherworldly poeticism.”\u003cb\u003e—Morgan Jerkins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781644450567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40819154682062,"sku":"9781644450567","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9dd477c9-b158-4736-9d38-16b5813a0cb0.jpg?v=1642927123","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781644450567","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}