{"product_id":"9781324065852","title":"Ghostroots: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e  Finalist for the 2025 PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e  Finalist for the 2025 \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize for First Fiction\u003cbr\u003e  Finalist for the 2025 Young Lions Fiction Award\u003cbr\u003e  Longlisted for The Story Prize\u003cbr\u003e  Longlisted for the 10th Annual Clark Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003e  Includes the Story \"Breastmilk,\" Shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  One of \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e's 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024 • One of \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2024 • One of \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Debut Story Collections • A \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year • A \u003cem\u003eVulture\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 • A \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) Best Book of the Year • One of \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Literary Fiction Books of 2024 • An ALA Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, ’Pemi Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by what came before.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn “Manifest,” a woman sees the ghost of her abusive mother in her daughter’s face. Shortly after, the daughter is overtaken by wicked and destructive impulses. In “Breastmilk,” a wife forgives her husband for his infidelity. Months later, when she is unable to produce milk for her newborn, she blames herself for failing to uphold her mother’s feminist values and doubts her fitness for motherhood. In “Things Boys Do,” a trio of fathers finds something unnatural and unnerving about their infant sons. As their lives rapidly fall to pieces, they begin to fear that their sons are the cause of their troubles. And in “24, Alhaji Williams Street,” a teenage boy lives in the shadow of a mysterious disease that’s killing the boys on his street.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese and other stories in \u003cem\u003eGhostroots\u003c\/em\u003e map emotional and physical worlds that lay bare the forces of family, myth, tradition, gender, and modernity in Nigerian society. Powered by a deep empathy and glinting with humor, they announce a major new literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46958924005616,"sku":"9781324065852","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324065852_p0.jpg?v=1769893783","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324065852","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}