{"product_id":"at-the-edge-of-the-haight-9781643752082","title":"At the Edge of the Haight","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 10th Winner of the 2019 PEN\/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Awarded by Barbara Kingsolver \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What a read this is, right from its startling opening scene. But even more than plot, it's the richly layered details that drive home a lightning bolt of empathy. To read \u003ci\u003eAt the Edge of the Haight\u003c\/i\u003e is to live inside the everyday terror and longings of a world that most of us manage not to see, even if we walk past it on sidewalks every day. At a time when more Americans than ever find themselves at the edge of homelessness, this book couldn't be more timely.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBarbara Kingsolver, author of \u003ci\u003eUnsheltered\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maddy Donaldo, homeless at twenty, lives with her dog and makeshift family in the hidden spaces of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. She thinks she knows how to survive and whom to trust until she accidentally witnesses the murder of a young man. Her world is upended as she has to face not only the killer but also the police and then the victim's parents, who desperately want Maddy to tell them about the life their son led after he left home. And in a desire to save her since they could not save their own son, they are determined to have Maddy reunite with her own lost family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But what makes a family? Is it the people who raised you if they don't have the skills to look after you? Is it the foster parents whose generosity only lasts until things become more difficult? Or is it the family that Maddy has met in the park, young people who also have nowhere else to go? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told with sensitivity and tenderness and set against the backdrop of a radically changing city, \u003ci\u003eAt the Edge of the Haight\u003c\/i\u003e is narrated by a young girl just beginning to understand herself. The result is a powerful debut that, much like previous Bellwether winners \u003ci\u003eThe Leavers\u003c\/i\u003e, by Lisa Ko, or Heidi Durrow's \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Fell from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, grapples with one of the most urgent issues of our day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643752082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Katherine Seligman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41072006234293,"sku":"9781643752082","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3585c22a-8091-4af9-ad99-1e314070e686.jpg?v=1632234092","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/at-the-edge-of-the-haight-9781643752082","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}