{"product_id":"someone-like-us-hardcover","title":"Someone Like Us - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDinaw Mengestu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe son of Ethiopian immigrants seeks to understand a hidden family history and uncovers a past colored by unexpected loss, addiction, and the enduring emotional pull toward home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter abandoning his once-promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush meets Hannah--a photographer whose way of seeing the world shows him the possibility of finding not only love but family. Now, five years later, with his marriage to Hannah on the verge of collapse, he returns to the close-knit immigrant Ethiopian community of Washington, DC, that defined his childhood. At its center is Mamush's stoic, implacable mother, and Samuel, the larger-than-life father figure whose ceaseless charm and humor have always served as a cover for a harder, more troubling truth. But on the same day that Mamush arrives home in Washington, Samuel is found dead in his garage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Hannah and their two-year-old son back in Paris, Mamush sets out on an unexpected journey across America in search of answers to questions he'd been told never to ask. As he does so, he begins to understand that perhaps the only chance he has of saving his family and making it back home is to confront not only the unresolved mystery around Samuel's life and death, but his own troubled memories, and the years spent masking them. Breathtaking, commanding, unforgettable work from one of America's most prodigiously gifted novelists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDINAW MENGESTU is the author of three novels, all of which were named \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Books: \u003ci\u003eAll Our Names\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Read the Air\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of Ethiopia who came with his family to the United States at the age of two, Mengestu is also a freelance journalist who has reported about life in Darfur, northern Uganda, and eastern Congo. His articles and fiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper's, Granta, Jane\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow and recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Prize, Guardian First Book Award, and the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, among other honors. He was also included in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's 20 under 40 list in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.48 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750904496416,"sku":"9780385350006","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4bbdddd6356b860aa2427e479617e086.webp?v=1779960408","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/someone-like-us-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}