{"product_id":"lot-stories","title":"Lot:  Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama’s “Favorite Books of the Year”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Phenomenal\" --Justin Torres, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant\" --Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere Comes the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A profound exploration of the true meaning of borders.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2019 in the\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eby Dwight Garner\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNotable Book of 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe revelatory debut collection from the National Book Award finalist and bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemorial\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamily Meal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAround him, others live and thrive and die in Houston's myriad neighborhoods: a young woman whose affair detonates across an apartment complex, a ragtag baseball team, a group of young hustlers, hurricane survivors, a local drug dealer who takes a Guatemalan teen under his wing, a reluctant chupacabra.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBryan Washington's brilliant, viscerally drawn world vibrates with energy, wit, raw power, and the infinite longing of people searching for home. With soulful insight into what makes a community, a family, and a life, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores trust and love in all its unsparing and unsteady forms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51682788213016,"sku":"9780525533689","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9780525533689_e2265.jpg?v=1771010742","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/lot-stories","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}