{"product_id":"take-me-home-paperback-6","title":"Take Me Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Leung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTake Me Home \u003c\/em\u003eis a riveting novel of two heroic people attempting to transcend the prejudices of their time and place. . . . Skillful artistry and empathy.\" --Ron Rash, author of \u003cem\u003eSerena \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eOne Foot in Eden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Leung's writing is exquisite, deceptively plain, deeply felt and spiritually high, with dead-on depictions of the world as it is.\" --\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Brian Leung, author of \u003cem\u003eLost Men \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWorld Famous Love Acts \u003c\/em\u003e(winner of both the Asian American Literary Award and the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction) comes a story of forbidden friendship in an Old West mining town. Set amidst the racial tensions surrounding the Rock Springs Massacre, \u003cem\u003eTake Me Home \u003c\/em\u003emakes the desperate coal mine culture of Wyoming come alive. Readers of Annie Dillard and Annie Proulx will thrill for the latest book by this exciting voice in American literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful story about friendship and love set against the stunning backdrop of 1880's Wyoming and based in the pages of history.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many classic stories, Brian Leung's new novel begins with a journey home. Adele \"Addie\" Maine is returning to Dire, a Wyoming coal-mining town, forty years after the deadly events that nearly took her life and drove her away without a word to her husband. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears earlier: Headed West to stay with her brother Tommy, a young and feisty Addie arrives in Wyoming having been convinced along the way that the Chinese who work alongside the white men in the small Wyoming town are half-man, half-beast--devious creatures to be wary of. When Tommy falters at homesteading, the siblings look to the coal mines and Addie comes into close contact with one Chinese man in particular, Wing Lee. The bond between the two is a mere spark at first, hampered by the reality for both that a friendship would be impossible, forbidden, even in a territory where almost everyone is an immigrant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, Addie and Wing harbor a secret. Ultimately Addie must protect Wing's life and fight for what she knows is right, but she still can't find the answers to life's most important questions. It's only as a much older woman, returning to Dire to bid farewell to a friend from decades ago, that Addie comes face-to-face with the man she's certain tried to kill her, and at last confronts the surprises and losses that await at the end of a difficult journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, redemptive novel that explores justice in a time of violence, and the sweeping landscape between friendship and love. \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful story about friendship and love set against the stunning backdrop of 1880's Wyoming and based in the pages of history.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many classic stories, Brian Leung's new novel begins with a journey home. Adele \"Addie\" Maine is returning to Dire, a Wyoming coal-mining town, forty years after the deadly events that nearly took her life and drove her away without a word to her husband. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears earlier: Headed West to stay with her brother Tommy, a young and feisty Addie arrives in Wyoming having been convinced along the way that the Chinese who work alongside the white men in the small Wyoming town are half-man, half-beast--devious creatures to be wary of. When Tommy falters at homesteading, the siblings look to the coal mines and Addie comes into close contact with one Chinese man in particular, Wing Lee. The bond between the two is a mere spark at first, hampered by the reality for both that a friendship would be impossible, forbidden, even in a territory where almost everyone is an immigrant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, Addie and Wing harbor a secret. Ultimately Addie must protect Wing's life and fight for what she knows is right, but she still can't find the answers to life's most important questions. It's only as a much older woman, returning to Dire to bid farewell to a friend from decades ago, that Addie comes face-to-face with the man she's certain tried to kill her, and at last confronts the surprises and losses that await at the end of a difficult journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, redemptive novel that explores justice in a time of violence, and the sweeping landscape between friendship and love. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158136225855,"sku":"9780062002310","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/318RimLmRn9780062002310.webp?v=1776987280","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/take-me-home-paperback-6","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}