{"product_id":"river-meets-the-sea-9781487011420","title":"River Meets the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spellbinding, spirited tale of two men exploring masculinity, race, and belonging in a desperate search to feel at home in their own skins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn enthralling nautical epic, \u003cem\u003eRiver Meets the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e traces the dual timelines of a white-passing Indigenous foster child in 1940s Vancouver and a teenage immigrant in the suburbs of Nanaimo in the 1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA natural-born storyteller, Ronny is a left-handed \"alley mutt\" without a birth certificate who searches for his mother everywhere -- most powerfully, he hears her voice in the surging Stó lō River. Born in the middle of the ocean on a merchant ship departing Sri Lanka, Chandra is a Tamil boy with \"skin like a charred eggplant\" who finds his haven from the pressure to assimilate by swimming and surfing in the Salish Sea. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving gracefully between these parallel stories like a wave, the novel traces the seemingly separate lives of these sensitive young men and their everlasting connections to water. When their troubled paths inevitably cross, they form a sacred bond based on the mutual understanding of what it means to be othered, illuminating the interconnectedness of humanity and our innate relationship with the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e House of Anansi Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487011420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"Rachael Moorthy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42824529051829,"sku":"9781487011420","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f1bd3346-6e03-4e0c-9df4-1069f195d9a1.jpg?v=1680620732","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/river-meets-the-sea-9781487011420","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}