{"product_id":"9781988140056","title":"Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders","description":"\u003cp\u003eJourney with twenty-one speculative fiction authors through the fractured borders of human migration to examine assumptions and catch a glimpse of the dreams, struggles, and triumphs of those who choose—or are forced—to leave home and familiar places. Who straddle borders within our worlds—and within us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMigration. A transformation of time, place, and being . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are called drifters, nomads. We are expatriates, evacuees, and pilgrims. We are colonists, aliens, explorers; strangers, visitors--intruders, conquerors--exiles, asylum seekers, and . . . outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn American father shields his son from Irish discrimination. A Chinese foreign student wrestles to safeguard her family at the expense of her soul. A college graduate is displaced by technology. A Nigerian high school student chooses between revenge and redemption. A bureaucrat parses the mystery of Taiwanese time travellers. A defeated alien struggles to assimilate into human culture. A Czechoslovakian actress confronts the German WWII invasion. A child crosses an invisible border wall. And many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories that transcend borders, generations, and cultures. Each is a glimpse into our human need in face of change: to hold fast to home, to tradition, to family; and yet to reach out, to strive for a better life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing Original Stories by\u003c\/strong\u003e Vanessa Cardui, Elsie Chapman, Kate Heartfield, S.L. Huang, Tyler Keevil, Matthew Kressel, Rich Larson, Tonya Liburd, Karin Lowachee, Seanan McGuire, Brent Nichols, Julie Nováková, Heather Osborne, Sarah Raughley, Alex Shvartsman, Amanda Sun, Jeremy Szal, Hayden Trenholm, Liz Westbrook-Trenholm, Christie Yant \u0026amp; Alvaro Zinos-Amaro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eEric Choi and Gillian Clinton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by\u003c\/strong\u003e Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laksa Media Groups Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061295792368,"sku":"9781988140056","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781988140056_p0.jpg?v=1763673212","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781988140056","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}