{"product_id":"freshwater-9780802128997","title":"Freshwater","description":"\u003cb\u003eA National Book Foundation \"5 Under 35\" Honoree\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e One of the most highly praised novels of the year, the debut from an astonishing young writer, \u003ci\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Ada, an unusual child who is a source of deep concern to her southern Nigerian family. Young Ada is troubled, prone to violent fits. Born \"with one foot on the other side,\" she begins to develop separate selves within her as she grows into adulthood. And when she travels to America for college, a traumatic event on campus crystallizes the selves into something powerful and potentially dangerous, making Ada fade into the background of her own mind as these alters--now protective, now hedonistic--move into control. Written with stylistic brilliance and based in the author's realities, \u003ci\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/i\u003e dazzles with ferocious energy and serpentine grace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11209255\"\u003eAkwaeke Emezi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802128997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802128998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkwaeke Emezi\u003c\/b\u003e is an Igbo and Tamil writer and artist based in liminal spaces. Born and raised in Nigeria, they received their MPA from New York University and was awarded a 2015 Miles Morland Writing Scholarship. They won the 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. Their work has been published in various literary magazines, including \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/i\u003e is their debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709327675629,"sku":"9780802128997","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fb41022a-f191-4715-a22c-db3b7e1ab358.jpg?v=1650120436","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/freshwater-9780802128997","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}