Jon Pineda
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Milkweed Editions
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English
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An immigrant takes the blame for his nephew's mistake, changing both of their lives, in this "acutely observed" novel by a prize-winning author (Publishers Weekly).
When nine-year-old Tom Serafino's twin sister Teagan suffers a debilitating brain injury at a Virginia construction site, a police investigation implicates his playmate Mario's uncle—an immigrant transient worker known as Shoe. Innocent of the crime but burdened by...
When nine-year-old Tom Serafino's twin sister Teagan suffers a debilitating brain injury at a Virginia construction site, a police investigation implicates his playmate Mario's uncle—an immigrant transient worker known as Shoe. Innocent of the crime but burdened by...
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"Fifteen-year-old Pearl is squatting in an abandoned boathouse with her father, a disgraced college professor, and two other grown men, deep in the swamps of the American South. All four live on the fringe, scavenging what they can--catfish, lumber, scraps for their ailing dog. Despite the isolation, Pearl feels at home with her makeshift family: the three men care for Pearl and teach her what they know of the world ... While Pearl is out scavenging...
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The third collection by the prize-winning Asian American poet Jon Pineda, Little Anodynes is a sequence of lyrical, personal narratives that continue Pineda's exploration of his biracial identity, the haunting loss of his sister, and the joys-and fears-of fatherhood. With its title inspired by Emily Dickinson, Little Anodynes offers its poems as respites, as breaks in the reader's life that serve as opportunities for discovery and healing. Pineda...