{"product_id":"these-ghosts-are-family-9781797103914","title":"These Ghosts Are Family","description":"\u003cb\u003e*An \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMillions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e Most-Anticipated Book of 2020 pick*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e Most-Anticipated Debut of 2020 pick*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Top Feminist Book Coming Out in 2020*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*A\u003ci\u003e BookRiot \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book Club Pick of 2020*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*A Celadon Books Most-Anticipated Novel of 2020*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*A Lily Top Book to Read by Women in 2020 Selection*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eBuzz Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eTop New Book of the New Decade*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eShe Reads\u003c\/i\u003e Most-Anticipated Historical Fiction Pick of 2020*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA transporting debut novel that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/i\u003e by Yaa Gyasi.\u003c\/b\u003eStanford Solomon has a shocking, thirty-year-old secret. And it's about to change the lives of everyone around him. Stanford Solomon is actually Abel Paisley, a man who faked his own death and stole the identity of his best friend. And now, nearing the end of his life, Stanford is about to meet his firstborn daughter, Irene Paisley, a home health aide who has unwittingly shown up for her first day of work to tend to the father she thought was dead. \u003ci\u003eThese Ghosts are Family\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around the consequences of Abel's decision and tells the story of the Paisley family from colonial Jamaica to present day Harlem. There is Vera, whose widowhood forced her into the role of single mother. There are two daughters and a granddaughter who have never known they are related. And there are others, like the house boy who loved Vera, whose lives might have taken different courses if not for Abel Paisley's actions. \u003ci\u003eThese Ghosts Are Family\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways each character wrestles with their ghosts and struggles to forge independent identities outside of the family and their trauma. The result is an engrossing portrait of a family and individuals caught in the sweep of history, slavery, migration, and the more personal dramas of infidelity, lost love, and regret. This electric and luminous family saga announces the arrival of a new American talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Compact Disc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Card, Maisy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781797103914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.60h x 5.80w x 1.20d","brand":"Maisy Card","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749900103755,"sku":"9781797103914","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_9aad0f77-258d-4d16-a424-c00750bb6202.jpg?v=1597799720","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/these-ghosts-are-family-9781797103914","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}