{"product_id":"0374305315-in_search_of_us","title":"In Search of Us","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of the beloved \u003ci\u003eLove Letters to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a sweeping multi-generational story of a single mother and her biracial daughter, each at age seventeen. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo seventeen-year-old Angie, who is mixed-race, Marilyn is her hardworking, devoted white single mother. But Marilyn was once young, too. When she was seventeen, Marilyn fell in love with Angie's father, James, who was African-American. But Angie's never met him, and Marilyn has always told her he died before she was born. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Angie discovers evidence of an uncle she's never met she starts to wonder: What if her dad is still alive, too? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo she sets off on a journey to find him, hitching a ride to Los Angeles from her home in New Mexico with her ex-boyfriend, Sam. Along the way, she uncovers some hard truths about herself, her mother, and what truly happened to her father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternating between Angie's present-day journey and Marilyn's romance set against the backdrop of LA in the '90s, the stories of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Us\u003c\/i\u003e intertwine to create a powerful tale about secrets and lies, race and identity, and mothers and daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Us\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rare and special book. Part mother-daughter love story, part road trip journey, part compelling mystery, and one hundred percent beautiful, spellbinding tearjerker. I’m in love with every page.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Jennifer Niven, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Bright Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHolding Up the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A masterful work of fiction. Exploring race and mother and daughter relationships, this novel is also one of the most tender and authentic takes on first love that I have ever read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Jennifer Mathieu, author of MOXIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeen \u0026amp; Young Adult\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomance\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49203793494206,"sku":"0374305315-4","price":12.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/91k4mPuF9EL.jpg?v=1790878152","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0374305315-in_search_of_us","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}