{"product_id":"the-world-in-half-paperback","title":"The World in Half - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Henriquez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"beautiful\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e) novel from the prizewinning author of \u003ci\u003eCome Together, Fall Apart \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Great Divide.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMiraflores has never known her father, and until now, she's never thought that he wanted to know her. She's long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she's always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother--and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henr?uez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCristina Henr?uez\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCome Together, Fall Apart: A Novella and Stories, \u003ci\u003eThe World In Half\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming novel \u003ci\u003eThe Great Divide\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, and her non-fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePreservation\u003c\/i\u003e. She was featured in \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e as one of \"Fiction's New Luminaries,\" and is a recipient of the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award, a grant started by Sandra Cisneros in honor of her father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She lives with her husband in Chicago.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.12 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691452796991,"sku":"9781594484391","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b770ca4c3426aca5430c8a79e1581beb.webp?v=1764992158","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-world-in-half-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}