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Sumérgete en las espeluznantes profundidades del terror latino con Lo que nos siguió a casa, editada por la ganadora del Premio Bram Stoker Cynthia Pelayo. Una antología revolucionaria en la que participan Agustina Bazterrica, Isabel Cañas, Mariana Enriquez, Zoraida Cordova y mas, donde cada historia viste la inmigracion, la colonizacion, la fe y el folklore, de miedos que heredamos y que nos acompañan a traves de las fronteras y las generaciones.Lo que nos siguio a casa, editada por la ganadora del Premio Bram Stoker Cynthia Pelayo, es una antologia revolucionaria del terror latino que abre una puerta imaginaria al mundo ancestral del miedo y los fantasmas culturales. La coleccion incluye el trabajo de aclamados escritores, como Agustina Bazterrica, Isabel Cañas, Mariana Enriquez, Zoraida Cordova, Gerardo Samano Cordova, la propia Pelayo, y muchos mas; cada uno de ellos reinventando el horror a traves de las lentes de la colonizacion, la inmigracion, la fe y el folklore que perdura a lo largo de las generaciones.Las historias que recoge van desde hogares argentinos donde los muertos susurran tras puertas cerradas con llave, a desiertos en los que La Huesera reconstruye sus huesos bajo un sol implacable, a aguas caribeñas en las que cruceros placenteros se tornan predatorios, y ciudades en las que el amor y el hambre demoniaca comparten cuerpo. Ya sean plegarias susurradas contra demonios, visiones de rebeldes ahorcados que regresan en forma de sombras, o el terrorifico hecho de que la propia tierra recuerda la sangre, cada pieza es un testimonio de la resiliencia y el horror asentado en la identidad latina.Lo que nos siguio a casa, es una antologia de referencia para el terror latino. Estas historias nos recuerdan que el pasado nunca nos abandona, los muertos nunca guardan silencio, y los lugares de los que venimos siempre hallaran el camino de vuelta a nosotros.Dive into the chilling depths of Latine horror with Something Followed Us Home, edited by Bram Stoker Awardwinner Cynthia Pelayo, a groundbreaking anthology where each story reimagines immigration, colonization, faith, and folklore as the fears we inherit and carry across borders and generations. Something followed us home. It crawled in with our prayers, slipped into our beds, watched from mirrors, waited in water, and learned our names. In these stories, horror does not announce itself. It possesses, feeds, whispers, and waits. Gathering chilling work from some of todays most acclaimed Latine voices, this anthology moves through haunted households, brutal landscapes, sacred spaces turned dangerous, and bodies claimed by forces both ancient and intimate. The dead murmur behind locked doors. Bones rebuild themselves under merciless suns. Love becomes a doorway for demonic hunger. Prayers summon answers that arrive too lateor too fully. Blood, devotion, and memory intertwine as the past presses back with teeth.Something Followed Us Home is a landmark anthology of Latine horror. These stories remind us that the past is never gone, the dead are never silent, and the places we come from will always find their way back to us. Featuring stories by: Agustina Bazterrica, Ann Davila Cardinal, Cynthia Pelayo, Isabel Cañas, Gerardo Samano Cordova, Zoraida Cordova, Mariana Enriquez, Carolina Florez-Cer...

For readers of Irving Yalom, Esther Perel, and Oliver Sacks, a profound and deeply affecting new book by psychoanalyst and internationally bestselling author Dr. Galit Atlas that reveals how our childhood wounds hold the key to understanding our adult relationships.What is the secret of emotional intimacy? How can understanding our childhood experiences give us the insights we need to be close to others in a truly satisfying, longer-lasting, and more meaningful way?In Come Closer, Galit Atlas invites us inside the private lives of her patientsand into her ownto offer new, life-changing answers to these important questions. Atlas has identified six child archetypesthe frightened child, the melancholic child, the ashamed child, the invisible child, the guilty child, and the chosen childand in these pages, she shows how each childhood wound plays out in our adult relationships.In remarkably compelling and dramatic stories of both therapist and patient, Atlas illustrates how the child within us drives our love lives, forming patterns we repeat without awareness. Each narrative will have you on the edge of your seat, living the mystery alongside Atlas and her patients, uncovering roots, drawing parallels, and reaching insights and revelations, just as they do. No one who reads this eye-opening book will ever see their relationshipsor themselvesthe same way again.

For readers of Anne Marie Tendlers Men Have Called Her Crazy and Griffin Dunnes Friday Afternoon Club comes a memoir of exploration from Tallulah Willis about identity, of the unseen undercurrent of growing up as commodity of public perspective, of what you keep, what you shed, and what you learn to love in yourself when there is nowhere left to hide.Tallulah Willis was born into a judgmental world that was already looking at her before she ever had a chance to look at herself. Her father, Bruce Willis: the rugged, heroic action star seemed unbeatable. Her mother, Demi Moore: the face of a generation, beautiful, iconic, almost mythical. Tallulah grew up amid their massive celebrity, learning how to attract attention, but more so, learning how to disappearhow to charm, deflect, and pretend things were okaywhile she was, in fact, imploding. In Rare Bird, Tallulah writes with sharp clarity and a dark, self-aware humor about the moments of fear, abandonment, rejection, and public scrutiny that broke her. From her eating disorders and stimulant abuse to failed treatments and the cautious performances of everythings fine. And always, the mirrorreflecting a face that was continually criticized in comparison to the unrealistic standard of her mothers flawless features. Despair and shame took root in Tallulah on a cellular level, leading to an obsession with trying to change her outward appearance, constantly striving toward beauty and thinnessthe only currency that mattered in the world in which she lived. Then came the brutal reckoning of her fathers diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia that cracked the family open, grief, and the idea of losing her connection to her father now an everyday reality. Multiple residential treatments to deal with her ongoing trauma eventually led to the long-overdue diagnoses of autism and ARFID, which Tallulah knew didnt necessarily fix her, but did explain the patterns, the overwhelm, the masking she had endured and projected for so long. For the first time, Tallulah could understand that she was not in fact broken or too much. But instead, she could stop trying to perform, striving for normal, and just be. Live in her truth. A raw and honest account of a young woman whos been shattered by life, seeking out the fragments and lovingly and intentionally putting herself back together.

A haunting exploration of grief, memory, and the quiet ways we keep reaching for what refuses to let us go.Sudden Seances conjures a world where memory hums like a spirit in the walls. It is a collection about loss, grief, and yearningbut at its core, it is about the haunting nature of the human experience. These poems call out beyond the veil, traversing the countless everyday rituals we use to summon the deadwhether through memories, objects, or the quiet ache of longing for something thats long been lost.Delving into all thats said and unsaid between hello and goodbye, Sudden Seances explores the ways we continue to reach out long after a connection has closed. Awads poems linger in the spaces where the living and the remembered overlap, where ghostsboth literal and emotionalrefuse to fade. Through ruminations on nostalgia, grief, and identity, this collection reflects on how the past never truly lets us go, and how we, too, are often unwilling to let whats gone stay buried.

Gathered from her inspiring journey across continents, cultures, and connections, Adaobi Oniwindes collection of anecdotes and stories from around the world are a testament to the art of storytelling and the boundless potential of human connection.In Extraordinary Encounters: Collected in Motion, Found in People, the author takes readers on an inspiring journey across continents, cultures, and connections. Through deeply personal anecdotes and vivid storytelling, she reveals the transformative power of basic human interactionhow the simple, random encounters with strangers can yield profound insights and lasting bonds.With the rise of social media, Adaobi Oniwinde found a platform to document her travels and encounters, which have taken her to all seven continents. What began as a way of chronicling her travels and engaging her childrenand pull them away from social media noiseevolved into a community of followers inspired by her stories. From Uber drivers sharing heartfelt confessions to strangers met during adventures in Antarctica, Lima, Zanzibar and beyond, her posts became a testament to the beauty and resilience of the human spirit. Even more rewarding was witnessing her children embrace this openness to strangers and develop a deeper appreciation for the world and people around them.Extraordinary Encounters is a celebration of connections made in unplanned moments. Its a collection of stories that highlight the richness of everyday interactions and the lessons they offer. Whether its a fleeting exchange or a lasting connection, the author demonstrates how encountersno matter how briefcan leave an indelible mark on our lives.Through these pages, readers will meet people from all walks of life, each with their own unique story to tell. From service providers who share their joys and sorrows to co-adventurers on epic journeys, these narratives showcase the universal threads that bind us all. At its core, Extraordinary Encounters is a testament to the art of storytelling and the boundless potential of human connection.This book invites readers to pause, listen, and appreciate the world around them. It challenges us to seek out the extraordinary in our own lives, to open our hearts to new experiences that take us out of our comfort zone, and to see humanity in everyone we meet. The authors reflections on her travels and relationships formed will resonate with anyone who believes in the power of stories to inspire, heal, and transform.Join Adaobi on this journey and discover the magic of ordinary interactionswoven into the tapestry of life, one encounter at a time.

Uncover the Gifts of Your Tenderheartedness Have you always felt a little different? Do you find the world overstimulating and your own thoughts and feelings overwhelming? Maybe your relationship with God feels like a heavy list of obligations, and caring for others leaves you tired and empty.For the highly sensitive person (HSP), this inner experience can be both a gift and a challenge.In The Highly Sensitive Christian, author Jason Cusick shares pastoral insight and his personal journey as an HSP to reframe sensitivity not as a weakness to be fixed but as a God-given strength to be embraced.Research shows that 1520 percent of people have an innate sensitivity, making them highly discerning, deeply feeling, and uniquely attuned to the world. While your tenderheartedness comes naturally, it can also leave you feeling like youre not as "strong" as someone without this gift. This book helps you navigate these challenges, celebrate your giftedness, and develop lasting spiritual resilience.In this book, highly sensitive Christians will discover how to See your sensitivity as a superpower. Reframe your innate sensitivity as a good gift from God, designed to be celebrated and shared. Develop spiritual resilience. Learn practical ways to grow and move from feeling overwhelmed to empowered, engaging with the prayers, Scripture, discussion questions, and action steps included with each chapter. Listen to your body. Pay attention to your bodys signals rather than dismiss them. Deepen your faith. Unearth and correct theological beliefs that may have hindered your spiritual growth, and find new freedom in your relationship with God. Strengthen your relationships. Friends, family, and church communities can understand, celebrate, and benefit from highly sensitive loved ones. This encouraging book enables you to experience your tenderheartedness as the strength God intended for you. As you embrace your tenderheartedness, you can learn to carry and share your gifts in ways that honor God, others, and yourself.Whether you are a highly sensitive Christian seeking to feel seen and understood, or a pastor, friend, or family member wanting to better support the tenderhearted people in your life, The Highly Sensitive Christian offers a hopeful path forward.

Sixteen-year-old Geraldine is left to navigate New Yorks high society after her mother disappears, falling under the influence of three women each seeking to form her in their image. Growing up on the road, it has always been the two of them, locked in dysfunction. Homeschooled, Gerry hasnt learned much math. Instead, her mother has taught her how to spend the day at a motels swimming pool without being a guest or how to dodge paying extra for the chicken on a Caesar salad.Gerry learns how to pass and adapt, but when she is abandoned in the city, Gerry finds herself in the care of three very different women, each intent on shaping her into competing and incompatible selves. First, there is her mothers old college friend Bonnie, who lives in a world of country clubs and chintzy domesticity. Then there is Nell, her mothers estranged sister and a successful artist who insists on ambition and self-invention. And finally Finley, an old-money socialite who ushers Gerry into a rarefied world of Manhattan privilege. A coming-of-age novel that explores unconventional forms of motherhood and caretaking, Sarah Blakley-Cartwrights new novel is both a charming comedy of manners and a deeply probing look at the complexities of love, mental illness, and inheritance, and one young womans eccentric path to selfhood.

The love story of the year: a breathtaking new novel from the author of global bestsellers The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho. A tale of love between enemies behind the lines of WW1 and the Australian artist who captures their secret.This is a story about desire.France, 1915. An English nurse and German doctor fall in love. He is a prisoner of war; she has never cared for rules. Their love is visceral and urgent, forbidden and doomed, and it would have gone unrecorded if not for a series of drawings found more than a century later.At first the drawings seem insignificant, but the woman who finds them glimpses moments of intimacy and cant look away. The images become part of a puzzle she wants to solve: who were the lovers, what became of them, and what story of war was the artist trying to tell?In this luminous tale of hope in the midst of darkness, Pip Williams expands the world of her bestselling novels, The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho. Sensual and sophisticated, The German Ward shows one of Australias most significant writers reaching the height of her skills.

Mind f*cking melting. BENJAMIN PERCYCosmically creepy as hell. A nightmarish experience. DAN CHAON"Every turn of the page is a creepy as f*ck critical success D20 roll. Winkler warmed my nerd heart while draining its blood. SEQUOIA NAGAMATSUHorror Movie meets The Blair Witch Project in this supernatural chokehold of a book told entirely through found documents: the cursed story of an unwitting couple ensnared by a mysterious tabletop role-playing game, who are commanded, as the games intentions become clearer, to do the unthinkable.Cole and Lorraine playtest board games for some extra cash as they save up to buy a home. But after a series of bizarre coincidences, and signing a strange NDA, the couple finds on their porch a mysterious indie developers tabletop role-playing game called The Ship of Death. The game relies heavily on the players imaginations, and takes up an ever-growing amount of space: in their kitchen, and in their minds. As its true sinister nature becomes clearer, and its forces capture more in its web, the boundary between the game and reality begins to dissolve. . . and the pair are instructed to possess a strangers soul.Told entirely through game reports, emails, game forum posts, personal journals, and police reports, reading The Ship of Death feels like a dangerous dice roll. Its a sleep-stealing, possession-inducing work of intense, intelligent found cosmic horror that announces Kyle Winkler as a spectacular voice in the genre.

For fans of FRANKENSTEIN and THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS, Tessa Barbosas ISLE OF TEETH is a poignant dark fantasy that centers on two remarkable individuals, each labelled a monster in their own righttheir destinies divided by empire, their fates intertwined by Lady Death.Lady Death always comes to collect.Matiu Frankel joined the imperial military to escape his childhood: his fathers wretched creations, his witch-mothers loyalty to Lady Death, and the haunting voice in his own head. With no choice in assignment, however, he returns home to Songand to a waiting nightmare. A revenant attack waylays his mission and Matiu, being part-Songi, is accused of working with native insurgents. To remove the bounty on his head, Matiu must prove his loyalty to the Lyssian Empire by infiltrating the resistance and capturing the monster theyve weaponized.But Calyx is not a monster. A revenant pieced together from animals and dead Songi, yes. Abandoned by her makers to rot on the Isle of Teeth, yes. But not a monster. At least, not yet. Without medicine, Calyx and her siblings risk losing their humanity to Lady Deaths whispers.Calyx has three weeks to find a cure. Matiu has even less time to clear his name. In their desperation to survive, they turn to each other, becoming entangled in each others storiesand in the larger story of empire and resistance. Amidst growing tensions and the echoing calls of the goddess of death, Matiu and Calyxs relationship transforms into a dark fable about those who have spent their lives with a boot on their neckand what they would sacrifice to stand tall once more.

How Engaging Horror Helps Us Fear Rightly Is it possible to be scaredin a good way? In Be Afraid, theologian and psychological scientist Kutter Callaway explores the surprising relationship between fear, horror, and Christian faith. Drawing from film, psychology, and theology, this book engages popular horror narratives to ask what our deepest fears reveal about what we truly love, long for, and believe.Be Afraid explores how our Christian faith is made better when we engage with the horror genre. According to Callaway, Christian life isnt about eliminating fear, its about redirecting it. This book offers a fresh, often funny, and deeply honest theological reflection on the shared fears and anxieties of our culture that is as engaging in a classroom as it is in a book club.By exploring the genre of horror through the lens of Christian faith, Be Afraid: demonstrates how that faith is enriched by engaging with horror; offers theological insight into our cultures fascination with the terrifying; helps readers learn how to redeem real world fears; and includes discussion questions for individual or group reflection. Scripture itself contains many stories filled with horror and gore: Jael and Sisera, John the Baptists beheading, and even the crucifixion of Jesus. Be Afraid argues that engaging with horror storieswhether in the media or in the Biblecan benefit our spiritual lives by teaching us how to fear rightly.The Bible calls on Christians to think about what is good, beautiful, and true. And sometimes, the truth is horrifying.About the Series The Discovering God in Pop Culture series seeks to demonstrate how Christian faith is enriched and made better by critical and creative engagement with pop culture. In each volume, readers explore a popular topic through the lens of the Christian faith.

The story behind some of the most newsworthy stories ever, written by the man with more #1 bestsellers than any journalist of our time.Bob Woodward has reported on every American president from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. His books have penetrated government institutions, informed the national conversation and shaped our culture.In Secrets, Woodward tells his storyfrom his Illinois youth to his Navy service during the Vietnam War to his tenure at The Washington Post, where his reporting with Carl Bernstein on Watergate captivated the world and became the book All the Presidents Men. Like never before, Woodward takes readers inside his reporting on the White House, Supreme Court, CIA operations, and the Pentagon. Woodwards one-of-a-kind reporters memoir lifts the lid on his historic reporting relationships and secret sources, some spanning decades.The New York Times said of Woodward, The scope and depth of his work have earned him a unique place in politics and journalism as perhaps the most enduring chronicler of American presidents.Robert Gates, former Defense Secretary and CIA Director said, He has an extraordinary ability to get otherwise responsible adults to spill [their] guts.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN 2026 A TIME MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026Simply put, a work of genius. Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of WaterA mysterious accident along a country road sparks an awakening and an investigation in Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright and acclaimed novelist Ayad Akhtars most daring work yeta visionary novel of spiritual transformation in an age of fracture.When a hit-and-run shatters more than his body, a writer is caught between revelation and madness as an uncanny pull toward a brilliant campus colleague ensnares him in a scandal that threatens to destroy them both. What begins as a provocative portrait of academic and cultural warfare deepens into erotic entanglement, the exposure of a family secret, and the mystery surrounding the narrators accidentboth the violence and its aftermath.Moving between rural America and Europe, Islam and Christianity, the intimate and the metaphysical, The Radiance is of our American moment and beyond itasking not only what has broken, but what radiance remains.

What if the CIA and MI6 began spying on each other? Artemis Procter returns in David McCloskeys electrifying new spy thriller.What if the CIA and British intelligence began spying on each other? This is the question at the heart of David McCloskeys thrilling fifth novel. A new US Administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA Director determined to disrupt the Agency and sceptical of its close relationship with their cousins across the Atlantic. Case officers, including newly installed London Chief of Station, Artemis Procter, must now navigate a tense environment as old friends become adversaries and no one knows who to trust. When agents run by both services begin dying, Procter and her team at London Station must decide whether loyalty to the Mission and their friends means disobeying the Agency they serve.Immersing readers in the technological revolution upending intelligence tradecraft, David McCloskeys brilliant new thriller depicts the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of how CIA and MI6 collaborate and explores what happens when politics threaten to destroy the Special Relationship between America and Britain.THE FIFTH NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER, THE REST IS CLASSIFIED PODCAST CO-HOST AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR***DAMASCUS STATION (One of the best spy thrillers in years THE TIMES) AND ***SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*** MOSCOW X

A groundbreaking investigative account of the shocking rise and fall of the mogul who brought hip-hop to the mainstream, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at the music industry and the destructive power of celebrityIf it wasnt for Sean Diddy Combs ability to harness the voice of hip-hop and package it via artists like Mary J. Blige and The Notorious B.I.G., the landscape of Americanand worldmusic would look and sound entirely different. For decades, mainstream performers clamored to be close to Diddy, his sound and his stylea brand of cool that ushered hip-hop culture to a multi-billion-dollar place at the table. But while his innovations built an empire that reflected the biggest names not only in music, but also in fashion, business and the bright lights of Hollywood, another side of Combs was hidden from public view.In Bad Boy for Life, journalist Cheyenne Roundtrees investigative work builds upon the bombshell story she broke in Rolling Stone magazine, excavating the disturbing history of Combs alleged abuse and sexual violence. The world has watched his empire unravel, and now, Roundtrees further revelations go deeper than what came out in the criminal trial, which only scratched the surface. Through meticulous reporting, interviews with scores of sourcesmany speaking out in depth for the first timeand cultural insights, she examines Combs rise to power and how he abused it.Ultimately, this book uses the narrative of Combs life to tell a much bigger story about the ascension of hip-hop, the music industry as a whole, and the sinister aspects of fame. This is one of the most significant pop culture stories of our time, one that charts the path of an empresario while asking questions about accountability and justice; who is believed and who is silenced. In Bad Boy for Life, Roundtree offers a nuanced depiction of the man in full, one that assembles a comprehensive portrait of Combs astonishing rise and fall.

Howls Moving Castle meets Dungeons & Dragons in this debut cozy illustrated middle grade fantasy adventure that follows an unlikely heroine who rallies a ragtag team to face a dark wizard, uncovering her own magic along the way.Peri has been waiting for her magic to show up, but theres been no sign of it since she was chosen as an Apprentice Shopkeeper a year ago. Now she travels with a magical shop that equips adventurers for their quests, unsure if shell ever do more than stock shelves, mend mittens, and knit non-magical hats that dont do anything but keep heads warm.Then a dark wizard kidnaps the Master Shopkeeper, intent on using her power to create an unstoppable army.To save her master, Peri must leave the cozy shop and seek help from the closest adventuring party, who is really good at arguing and really bad at working together. As Peris magic unexpectedly begins to show itself in the items shes knitting, its up to her and her team to stop the dark wizard before war breaks outor it wont be just her shop at stake but the entire kingdom.

InBeautiful Distance, Nao-Cola Yamazaki untangles and illuminates, vividly and delicately, all of the unspoken emotions that exist between their characters. This novel moved me to tears. Hiromi Kawakami, Booker Award-shortlisted author of Strange Weather in TokyoFrom one of Japans most acclaimed writers comes a lyrical and poignant meditation on marriage, and the ways in which the most romantic gestures are often the quietest ones.Before the hospital, we had often raised our hands towards one another as wed gone through life together.A man sits in a cafe, sipping a green juice and watching the world go by. A white butterfly flutters through the air; a calico cat jumps onto a wall; cherry blossom petals fall, softly, to the ground. Life, momentarily, stands still, as our unnamed narrator prepares to visit his terminally ill wife in hospital, and reminisces on the life they have shared together. A prize-winning bestseller in Japan, Beautiful Distance is a profoundly affecting and intimate story that looks with honesty and tenderness at the journey towards the end of a life. It explores what family means, how we think about death, and the lasting power of small acts of love.

Sometimes you want to eat the ones you loveright? In this gorgeous horror-romance, river monster Jenny Greenteeth stalks a handsome academic through Boston after a chance encounter leaves her hungry and curious about the world shes been hiding from.Jenny Greenteeth prefers to keep her own company beneath the streets of Boston, where shes lived for hundreds of years. With a conviction that she is far superior to humanswho are petty, dangerous, and fragileshe has no qualms about satisfying her hunger with their flesh. That is, until she comes face to face with a human man who, for the first time, she doesnt want to eat (but alsoshe kind of does). Confused by these conflicting feelings, Jenny is intrigued. So, when two city-dwelling cryptids take up residence in her station, she (begrudgingly) asks them to help her find this mystery man. Along the way, Jenny experiences the modern world for the first timediscovering catcalling, pigeons, protests, fashion, friendship, and Dunkin Donuts. On her quest to find the man she couldnt eat at first sight, Jenny finds herself falling in love. And as she falls in love, two conflicting hungers grow within herthe hunger to be seen and understood and the hunger for human flesh.

A debut novel that cracks wide open the enduring conflict between group identity and individualism in America.When powerhouse attorney Sidone Russo seeks to adopt a biracial girl from Chicagos infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects, she is forced to choose between her outside identity and her hidden roots in Cabrini, once a mixed-race neighborhood called Little Sicily or Little Hell. What emerges is an epic family saga and the true, untold history of Little Sicily and Cabrini-Green, a place where generations struggled through Americas twentieth century by embracing racial, ethnic, and religious identities not as a matter of choice but of survival.Caught in a conflict that has defined her family and our modern history, Sidone struggles to remain true to her individualist values. In the crosshairs lies not only her career and hermothers deepest secret, but also the lives of her Sicilian papa, her black father, an orphaned child, and the only man shes ever loved.Crossing Division Street is a debut that shatters the post-2020 narratives around identity in America and is an accessible work that inspires conversation and self-examination, leaving readers wrestling with one of the most historical yet urgent conflicts of our time.

This poignant and compelling memoir, set in 60s70s Los Angeles, traces a daughters experience of her mothers schizophrenia and its lasting fallout before she ultimately reckons with her mothers suicide and trusts in enduring love.When Suzanne Sherman is four, her musically gifted mother is struck by sudden-onset schizophrenia, altering the course of Suzannes childhood.Told in dual timelinesthe years of her childhood and the two weeks following her mothers suicide when Suzanne is eighteenLiving in the Long Shadow traces Suzannes coming of age in the shadow of mental illness as her family struggles with its far-reaching effects. As a teenager, Suzanne makes the difficult decision to move out of her mothers house and go to live with her father and stepfamilya challenging but ultimately positive choice. While her mother manages life on medication, Suzanne forms a friendship with her, sharing values, confidences, and a love of music and poetry. But just a year after leaving Los Angeles for college, excited for her future, she learns that, unable to live with the medication or without it, her mother has died by suicide.Ten years later, an extraordinary sign comes from her motherone that affirms the enduring presence of her loveand for Suzanne, grief, at last, begins to make room for acceptance.