{"product_id":"a-body-across-two-hemispheres-a-memoir-in-essays-9781949116991","title":"A Body Across Two Hemispheres: A Memoir in Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Body Across Two Hemispheres\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely book, one many of us need and will be grateful to have read.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--Shara McCallum\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Body Across Two Hemispheres\u003c\/em\u003e is the kind of memoir that makes us more human; the kind written with tenderness about ordinary people with ordinary and exceptional, bitter and beautiful, small and big lives. Like ours.\" --\u003c\/strong\u003eAdriana Páramo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Always honest and surprising, Buitron's book showcases multiple essay forms to tell a powerful, timeless story. A wonderful debut.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --Dinty W. Moore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this electrifying debut, Victoria Buitron comes of age between Ecuador and the United States as she explores her ancestry, learns two languages, and searches for a place she can call home. It portrays not only the immigrant experience, but the often-overlooked repatriate experience while interweaving facets of depression, family history, and self-love. With the utmost honesty, \u003cem\u003eA Body Across Two Hemispheres\u003c\/em\u003e encompasses the deep and complex layers of teenage life into adulthood--and the sacrifices made along the way for Victoria to become who she was meant to be all along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictoria Buitron is a freelance writer and translator whose work delves into the intersections of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. A Body Across Two Hemispheres is her debut memoir, which narrates her search for home between Ecuador and Connecticut. The latter is where she currently lives with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Woodhall Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50682322616594,"sku":"9781949116991","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c96044b-6198-4037-887c-b1296e8a71ea.jpg?v=1733968460","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-body-across-two-hemispheres-a-memoir-in-essays-9781949116991","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}