{"product_id":"on-fragile-waves-paperback","title":"On Fragile Waves - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. Lily Yu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR Books We Love 2021 Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2021 Booklist Best of 2021 Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Titles NYT Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021 Washington Independent Review of Books 51 Favorite Books of 2021 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOn Fragile Waves\u003c\/i\u003e is a tremendous and almost unbearable work of witness. It is devastating and perfect.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe haunting story of a family of dreamers and tale-tellers looking for home in an unwelcoming world. This exquisite and unusual magic realist debut, told in intensely lyrical prose by an award winning author, traces one girl's migration from war to peace, loss to loss, home to home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiruzeh and her brother Nour are children of fire, born in an Afghanistan fractured by war. When their parents, their Atay and Abay, decide to leave, they spin fairy tales of their destination, the mythical land and opportunities of Australia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the family journeys from Pakistan to Indonesia to Nauru, heading toward a hope of home, they must rely on fragile and temporary shelters, strangers both mercenary and kind, and friends who vanish as quickly as they're found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen they arrive in Australia, what seemed like a stable shore gives way to treacherous currents. Neighbors, classmates, and the government seek their own ends, indifferent to the family's fate. For Firuzeh, her fantasy worlds provide some relief, but as her family and home splinter, she must surface from these imaginings and find a new way.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. Lily Yu\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eOn Fragile Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Washington State Book Award. She received the Artist Trust LaSalle Storyteller Award in 2017 and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2012. Her stories have appeared in venues from \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's \u003c\/i\u003eto Tor.com, as well as thirteen best-of-the-year anthologies, and have been finalists for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards. You can find her at elilyyu.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699278090303,"sku":"9781645660323","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c22068f5fc3fa66d6bbec0f06a6f3d0f.webp?v=1765013056","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/on-fragile-waves-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}