{"product_id":"creatures-of-passage-paperback","title":"Creatures of Passage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMorowa Yejidé\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Yejidé's writing captures both real news and spiritual truths with the deftness and capacious imagination of her writing foremothers: Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison and N.K. Jemisin . . . \u003cem\u003eCreatures of Passage\u003c\/em\u003e is that rare novel that dispenses ancestral wisdom and literary virtuosity in equal measure.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNephthys Kinwell is a taxi driver of sorts in Washington, DC, ferrying passengers in a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a ghost in the trunk. Endless rides and alcohol help her manage her grief over the death of her twin brother, Osiris, who was murdered and dumped in the Anacostia River. Unknown to Nephthys when the novel opens in 1977, her estranged great-nephew, ten-year-old Dash, is finding himself drawn to the banks of that very same river. It is there that Dash--reeling from having witnessed an act of molestation at his school, but still questioning what and who he saw--has charmed conversations with a mysterious figure he calls the \"River Man.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dash arrives unexpectedly at Nephthys's door bearing a cryptic note about his unusual conversations with the River Man, Nephthys must face what frightens her most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorowa Yejidé's deeply captivating novel shows us an unseen Washington filled with otherworldly landscapes, flawed super-humans, and reluctant ghosts, and brings together a community intent on saving one young boy in order to reclaim itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMOROWA YEJIDÉ, a native of Washington, DC, is the author of the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eTime of the Locust, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a 2012 finalist for the PEN\/Bellwether Prize, long-listed for the 2015 PEN\/Bingham Prize, and a 2015 NAACP Image Award nominee; and \u003ci\u003eCreatures of Passage, \u003c\/i\u003e which was short-listed for the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and was a 2021 Notable Book selection by NPR and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in the DC area with her husband and three sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767229972768,"sku":"9781636140285","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/39c6dd44e96e73e5918ec32b7c63da35.webp?v=1780307096","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/creatures-of-passage-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}