{"product_id":"crux-a-daughters-quest-for-her-border-crossing-father-9780399592416","title":"Crux: A Daughter's Quest for Her Border-Crossing Father","description":"\u003cb\u003eA daughter's quest to understand her charismatic and troubled father, an immigrant who crosses borders both real and illusory--between sanity and madness, science and spirituality, life and death--now with a new afterword \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePEN America Literary Award Winner - \"The kind of memoir that seems to redefine the genre.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom renowned journalist Jean Guerrero, here is the haunting story of a daughter's mission to save her father from his demons and to save herself from destruction. Marco Antonio was raised in Mexico, then migrated to California, where he met Jean's mother, Jeannette, a Puerto Rican woman just out of med school. Marco is a self-taught genius at building things--including mythologies about himself and the hidden forces that drive us. When he goes on the run, Jean follows and embarks on an investigative journey between cultures and languages, the earthly and the mystical, truth and fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA distinctive memoir about the search for an elusive parent, \u003ci\u003eCrux \u003c\/i\u003eis both a riveting adventure story and a profoundly original exploration of the mysteries of our world, our most intimate relationships, and ourselves.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Guerrero] writes poetically about borders as a metaphor for the boundary of identity between father and daughter and the porous connective tissues that bind them.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe National Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Guerrero\u003c\/b\u003e is a columnist at the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously, she was an investigative journalist covering the U.S.-Mexico border for KPBS, NPR and the PBS NewsHour affiliate in San Diego. She's the author of \u003ci\u003eHatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eWired, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, Vanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003eand more. She has won several prestigious reporting awards. She lives in Los Angeles and longboards every day.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"One World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646273917202,"sku":"9780399592416","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8be457c0-e897-42fe-8633-8192c4b3d18e.jpg?v=1733173589","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crux-a-daughters-quest-for-her-border-crossing-father-9780399592416","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}