{"product_id":"a-million-aunties-9781617758928","title":"A Million Aunties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Thoroughly satisfying . . . This bighearted narrative of love, loss, and family is handled with grace and beauty.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alecia McKenzie's tender new novel [is] an emotionally resonant ode to adopted families and community resilience.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Editors' Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a personal tragedy upends his world, American-born artist Chris travels to his mother's homeland in the Caribbean hoping to find some peace and tranquility. He plans to spend his time painting in solitude and coming to terms with his recent loss and his fractured relationship with his father. Instead, he discovers a new extended and complicated \"family.\" The people he meets help him to heal, even as he supports them in unexpected ways. Told from different points of view, this is a compelling novel about unlikely love, friendship, and community, with surprises along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALECIA McKENZIE\u003c\/b\u003e is a Jamaican writer currently based in France. Her first collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eSatellite City\u003c\/i\u003e, and her novel, \u003ci\u003eSweetheart\u003c\/i\u003e, have both won Commonwealth Book Prizes. The French edition of \u003ci\u003eSweetheart\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Prix Carbet des Lycéens. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eStories from Yard, Doctor's Orders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Rain Stopped in Natland\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has also appeared in a range of literary magazines and in anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eStories from Blue Latitudes, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, Bridges, Global Tales, Girls Night In\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTo Exist Is to Resist\u003c\/i\u003e. She has edited two collections of contemporary short stories, and her poetry has been published in various international journals including \u003ci\u003eThe Caribbean Writer\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Postcolonial Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510606696722,"sku":"9781617758928","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4c00c0c-c172-4994-a7f7-119f93f08932.jpg?v=1730930167","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-million-aunties-9781617758928","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}