{"product_id":"purgatoire-9781942436690","title":"Purgatoire","description":"In 1910 Sabé Parella makes the journey from northern Italy to southern Colorado to join her husband who had gone ahead to work in the coal mines. But when Sabé arrives along the banks of the Purgatoire River, he is nowhere to be found.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Prato's ancestors, \u003ci\u003ePurgatoire\u003c\/i\u003e paints a gripping portrait of Italian immigrants in rural America, and how the shame and secrecy of one man's abandonment haunts a family for generations. A single mother fights to reunite with her children, an immortal cat yearns for kin, a bootlegger's recklessness devastates his family, queer folk escape to secret spaces, and stranded spirits narrate, converse, and sometimes violate the laws of their realm: they interfere with the fate of the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelding familial research with richly imagined fiction, Prato weaves a mesmerizing story of the complex relationships between parents and children, the transcendent need for connection and redemption, and what we owe to our true desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forest Avenue Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942436690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252","brand":"Liz Prato","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239314944181,"sku":"9781942436690","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0a7cce7a-8910-49cb-b043-ad5910f05238.jpg?v=1770917751","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/purgatoire-9781942436690","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}