{"product_id":"creatures-of-passage-9781617758768","title":"Creatures of Passage","description":"\u003cp\u003eNephthys Kinwell is a taxi driver of sorts in Washington, DC, ferrying passengers in a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a ghost in the trunk. Endless rides and alcohol help her manage her grief over the death of her twin brother, Osiris, who was murdered and dumped in the Anacostia River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnknown to Nephthys when the novel opens in 1977, her estranged great-nephew, ten-year-old Dash, is finding himself drawn to the banks of that very same river. It is there that Dash--reeling from having witnessed an act of molestation at his school, but still questioning what and who he saw--has charmed conversations with a mysterious figure he calls the River Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dash arrives unexpectedly at Nephthys's door bearing a cryptic note about his unusual conversations with the River Man, Nephthys must face what frightens her most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorowa Yejid?'s deeply captivating novel shows us an unseen Washington filled with otherworldly landscapes, flawed super-humans, and reluctant ghosts, and brings together a community intent on saving one young boy in order to reclaim itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMOROWA YEJIDÉ, a native of Washington, DC, is the author of the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eTime of the Locust, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a 2012 finalist for the PEN\/Bellwether Prize, long-listed for the 2015 PEN\/Bingham Prize, and a 2015 NAACP Image Award nominee; and \u003ci\u003eCreatures of Passage, \u003c\/i\u003e which was short-listed for the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and was a 2021 Notable Book selection by NPR and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in the DC area with her husband and three sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478204059922,"sku":"9781617758768","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3aad5f4e-71fe-4eb0-976b-453a1caab354.jpg?v=1730288818","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/creatures-of-passage-9781617758768","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}