{"product_id":"mecca-susan-straight","title":"Mecca; Susan Straight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMecca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a stunning epic tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians fighting for life and land\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMecca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMecca\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eslam against barrier after barrier, they find that when push comes to shove, it’s always better to push back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarch 15, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSusan Straight's newest novel is \"Between Heaven and Here.\" It is the last in the Rio Seco Trilogy, which began with \"A Million Nightingales\" and \"Take One Candle Light a Room.\" She has published eight novels, a novel for young readers and a children's book. She has also written essays and articles for numerous national publications, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Nation and Harper's Magazine, and is a frequent contributor to NPR and Salon.com.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer story \"Mines,\" first published in Zoetrope All Story, was included in Best American Short Stories 2003. She won a Lannan Literary Award in 2007. She won a 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award for her short story \"The Golden Gopher.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is a Professor at the University of California, Riverside and lives in Riverside, California.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45535875465538,"sku":"","price":7.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/image_2cb38fb2-23fc-41ad-8d39-405082ee7286.jpg?v=1691119336","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/mecca-susan-straight","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}