{"product_id":"mecca-book-susan-straight-9780374604516","title":"Mecca","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post's\u003c\/i\u003e Ten Best Books of 2022. Finalist for the 2022 \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e Prize and the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. One of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' 10 Best California Books of 2022 and one of NPR's Best Books of 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A wide and deep view of a dynamic, multiethnic Southern California . . . Susan Straight is an essential voice in American writing and in writing of the West.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, \u003ci\u003eMecca\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning epic tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians fighting for life and land\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJohnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state's Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California's forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness. But like the Santa Ana winds that every year bring the risk of fire, Johnny's moment of action twenty years ago sparked a slow-burning chain of connections that unites a vibrant, complex cast of characters in ways they never see coming.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMecca\u003c\/i\u003e, the celebrated novelist Susan Straight crafts an unforgettable American epic, examining race, history, family, and destiny through the interlocking stories of a group of native Californians all gasping for air. With sensitivity, furor, and a cinematic scope that captures California in all its injustice, history, and glory, she tells a story of the American West through the eyes of the people who built it--and continue to sustain it. As the stakes get higher and the intertwined characters in \u003ci\u003eMecca\u003c\/i\u003e slam against barrier after barrier, they find that when push comes to shove, it's always better to push back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49516503957777,"sku":"GOR013244748","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50042603831569,"sku":"CIN0374604517VG","price":4.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52103710081297,"sku":"CIN0374604517G","price":4.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0374604517.jpg?v=1750739983","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/mecca-book-susan-straight-9780374604516","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}