{"product_id":"unfollowers-9781625346407","title":"Unfollowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award in Multicultural Fiction \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 2022 Forward INDIES Silver Award for Literary Fiction \u003cbr\u003e Finalist of the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award in New Fiction \u003cbr\u003e Finalist of the 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Barb Matheson doesn't fit in: not on the Standing Rock Reservation where her mother was born; not at the mission in rural Ethiopia where she grew up; and certainly not at the Pennsylvania church where her husband preaches. Expansive and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eUnfollowers \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale of religious angst, unrequited love, and the upheaval of racial and economic privilege.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEqually adrift on both sides of the Atlantic, Barb must negotiate the distance between white America and Africa, between the spirituality of her ancestors and the straight tones of evangelicalism, and between rules and grace. When a former lover crashes her daughter's third birthday party, she's offered the chance to find her way home to Ethiopia, leaving her to choose between a rote life in America and an improvised life abroad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLEIGH ANN RUGGIERO earned an MFA from the University of Maryland before moving to Montana, where she teaches literature, writing, and film at Great Falls College. She was a finalist for the 2019 Ohio Writers' Association's Great Novel Contest. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613640888594,"sku":"9781625346407","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7481dff3-09d4-4f79-b13a-ef54eb86f69b.jpg?v=1732412445","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unfollowers-9781625346407","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}