{"product_id":"holler-child-stories-9780593185957","title":"Holler, Child: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary short story collection about community, home, betrayal, and forgiveness--from a writer whose \"spellbinding, buoyant\"* storytelling will break your heart as it tends to the wounds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHoller, Child\u003c\/i\u003e's eleven brilliant stories, LaToya Watkins presses at the bruises of guilt, love, and circumstance. Each story introduces us to a character irrevocably shaped by place and reaching toward something--hope, reconciliation, freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Cutting Horse,\" the appearance of a horse in a man's suburban backyard places a former horse breeder in trouble with the police. In \"Holler, Child,\" a mother is forced into an impossible position when her son gets in a kind of trouble she knows too well from the other side. And \"Time After\" shows us the unshakable bonds of family as a sister journeys to find her estranged brother--the one who saved her many times over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout \u003ci\u003eHoller, Child\u003c\/i\u003e, we see love lost and gained, and grief turned to hope. This collection peers deeply into lives of women and men experiencing intimate and magnificent reckonings--exploring how race, power, and inequality map on the individual, and demonstrating the mythic proportions of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tiny Reparations Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593185957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Latoya Watkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391963459765,"sku":"9780593185957","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a1a5437d-765d-4488-a9aa-480dadd37467.jpg?v=1719949435","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/holler-child-stories-9780593185957","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}