{"product_id":"elsewhere-california-paperback","title":"Elsewhere, California - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDana Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe first met Avery in two of the stories featured in Dana Johnson's award-winning collection Break Any Woman Down. As a young girl, she and her family escape the violent streets of Los Angeles to a more gentrified existence in suburban West Covina. This average life, filled with school, trips to 7-Eleven to gawk at Tiger Beat magazine, and family outings to Dodger Stadium, is soon interrupted by a past she cannot escape, personified in the guise of her violent cousin Keith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Keith moves in with her family, he triggers a series of events that will follow Avery throughout her life: to her studies at USC, to her burgeoning career as a painter and artist, and into her relationship with a wealthy Italian who sequesters her in his glass-walled house in the Hollywood Hills. The past will intrude upon Avery's first gallery show, proving her mother's adage: Every goodbye aint gone. The dual-narrative of Elsewhere, California illustrates the complicated history of African Americans across the rolling basin of Los Angeles.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBreak Any Woman Down\u003c\/i\u003e, Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, and the novel \u003ci\u003eElsewhere, California\u003c\/i\u003e. Both books were nominees for the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award. Born and raised in and around Los Angeles, she is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. Learn more at danajohnsonauthor.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 8.26 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771317125408,"sku":"9781582437842","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/122ad0c506361c78065b164f4aaa3840.webp?v=1780384506","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/elsewhere-california-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}