{"product_id":"you-who-enter-here-paperback","title":"You Who Enter Here - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErika T. Wurth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2020 Colorado Book Award in the Literary Fiction category presented by the Colorado Center for the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 \u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Multicultural (Adult Fiction) category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 In the Margins Top Ten and Fiction Recommendation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew has grown up in hell. His father is gone, and his mother drinks and hooks up with men who abuse Matthew and his sister. He finally decides to hit the streets of Farmington to get away and to drink himself to death--in his mind, his destiny. He meets Chris, who saves him, takes him home, cleans him up, gets him sober, and initiates Matthew into one of Albuquerque's Native American gangs, the 505s. The 505s have been around for generations. They now sell heroin, and it's their subservience to the Mexican gangs that has allowed them to survive. However, Chris decides that his little Native American gang deserves to be as big as the Mexican gangs in Albuquerque, bringing in new business from deep inside Indigenous communities in Mexico. Then, Matthew falls in love with Chris's girlfriend. Matthew's story is one of terrible darkness, but also, unexpected beauty and tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika T. Wurth\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Creative Writing at Western Illinois University. She is the author of one previous novel, \u003ci\u003eCrazy Horse's Girlfriend\u003c\/i\u003e; two collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eIndian Trains\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Horses Out to Sea\u003c\/i\u003e; and a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eBuckskin Cocaine\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Apache\/Chickasaw\/Cherokee and was raised outside of Denver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693492670527,"sku":"9781438473161","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c5487007e7ce82c2cc66d5c31ae707f9.webp?v=1764999117","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/you-who-enter-here-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}