{"product_id":"dearborn-stories-9781959030294","title":"Dearborn: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine's debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eDearborn\u003c\/em\u003e, a father teaches his son how to cheat the IRS and hide their cash earnings inside of frozen chickens. Tensions heighten within a close-knit group of couples when a mysterious man begins to frequent the local gym pool, dressed in Speedos printed with nostalgic images of Lebanon. And a failed stage actor attempts to drive a young Lebanese man with ambitions of becoming a Hollywood action hero to LA, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have other plans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By turns wildly funny, incisive, and deeply moving, \u003cem\u003eDearborn\u003c\/em\u003e introduces readers to an arresting new voice in contemporary fiction and invites us all to consider what it means to be part of a place and community, and how it is that we help one another survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhassan Zeineddine\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Washington, DC, and raised in the Middle East. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at Oberlin College, and co-editor of the creative nonfiction anthology \u003ci\u003eHadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives with his wife and two daughters in Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51831634592018,"sku":"9781959030294","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19ec75e9-cffb-48ba-89a1-957677f4086f.jpg?v=1767008071","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dearborn-stories-9781959030294","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}