{"product_id":"anywhere-but-here-paperback-1","title":"Anywhere But Here - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarmen Aguirre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnywhere but Here\u003c\/em\u003e is an external representation of the inner turmoil of exile. Using magic realism tropes, it follows a family on a journey back toward Chile from Canada. They drive in a convertible along the desert border between the U.S. and Mexico, each with different emotions about the North they are leaving and the South they are approaching, reversing their refugee flight, refusing the state of exile. The father and his two young daughters encounter an increasingly fantastic range of characters. They are encircled by past, present, and future in a collective vision that takes them, and the audience, into the compelling experiences of people crossing and guarding the border. Threaded through the external journey is the internal search for home in an unstable world. With the arrival of the mother of the family, they confront the costs of exile and the true nature of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarmen Aguirre is an award-winning theatre artist and author who has written and co-written over twenty-five plays, including \u003cem\u003eChile Con Carne\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Refugee Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Trigger\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlue Box\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBroken Tailbone\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAnywhere but Here\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the #1 national bestseller \u003cem\u003eSomething Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of CBC Canada Reads 2012), and its bestselling sequel, \u003cem\u003e Mexican Hooker #1 and My Other Roles Since the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Carmen is currently writing an adaptation of Euripides's\u003cem\u003e Medea\u003c\/em\u003e for Vancouver's Rumble Theatre, and Molière's \u003cem\u003eThe Learned Ladies\u003c\/em\u003e for Toronto's Factory Theatre. She is a Core Artist at Electric Company Theatre, a co-founding member of the Canadian Latinx Theatre Artist Coalition (CALTAC), and has over eighty film, TV, and stage acting credits, including her award-winning lead role in the Canadian premiere of Stephen Adley Guirgis's \u003cem\u003eThe Motherfucker with the Hat\u003c\/em\u003e, and her Leo-nominated lead performance in the independent feature film \u003cem\u003eBella Ciao!\u003c\/em\u003e She is a graduate of Studio 58. carmenaguirre.ca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.35 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699640766527,"sku":"9781772012903","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/35fc6fe416cd9339dedf15ff06631a01.webp?v=1765013999","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/anywhere-but-here-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}