Book description
Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
A dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Miami, and beyond--and an evocative meditation on belonging, the meaning of home, and how we secure freedom…
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1 author picked When Trying to Return Home as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is a stunner! It’s a story collection that grapples with competing loyalties to family, self, community, and love, with several of the stories returning to the same two sisters.
It’s wonderful to see them in different settings, and different points in their lives. And the way in which McCauley weaves words into silken fire, capturing the rhythm and texture of life, makes this book perfect for anyone in love with language!
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