{"product_id":"furrows-book-namwali-serpell-9780593448915","title":"The Furrows","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker, Oprah Daily, Time, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Esquire, Vulture, Ms. Magazine, Vox, Mental Floss, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA triumph.--\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreathtaking.--\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurreal and magical.--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most celebrated new voices in American literature, a brilliantly inventive and enthralling (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about the eternal bonds of family and the mysteries of love and loss--already earning its author comparisons to Toni Morrison . . . destined to end up on every Best of the Year list (\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award - Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't want to tell you what happened. I want to tell you how it felt.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCassandra Williams is twelve; her little brother, Wayne, is seven. One day, when they're alone together, there is an accident and Wayne is lost forever. His body is never recovered. The missing boy cleaves the family with doubt. Their father leaves, starts another family elsewhere. But their mother can't give up hope and launches an organization dedicated to missing children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs C grows older, she sees her brother everywhere: in bistros, airplane aisles, subway cars. Here is her brother's face, the light in his eyes, the way he seems to recognize her, too. But it can't be, of course. Or can it? Then one day, in another accident, C meets a man both mysterious and familiar, a man who is also searching for someone and for his own place in the world. His name is Wayne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamwali Serpell's remarkable new novel captures the uncanny experience of grief, the way the past breaks over the present like waves in the sea. \u003ci\u003eThe Furrows \u003c\/i\u003eis a bold exploration of memory and mourning that twists unexpectedly into a story of mistaken identity, double consciousness, and the wishful--and sometimes willful--longing for reunion with those we've lost.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49591429595409,"sku":"GOR013632521","price":12.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50127722053905,"sku":"CIN059344891XG","price":4.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50136588157201,"sku":"CIN059344891XVG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53361509466385,"sku":"CIN059344891XA","price":4.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/059344891X.jpg?v=1751136538","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/furrows-book-namwali-serpell-9780593448915","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}