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A country you can leave / Asale Angel-Ajani.

Angel-Ajani, Asale, (author.).

Summary:
"A debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert"-- Provided by publisher.
When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the misnamed Oasis Mobile Estates is all they can afford. In this new community, where residents are down on their luck but rich in humor and escape plans, Lara navigates what it means to be the Black, biracial daughter of a Russian mother and begins to wonder what a life beyond Yevgenia's orbit--insistence on reading only the right kind of books (Russian), having the right kind of relationships (casual, with lots of sex)--might look like. Lara knows that something else lies beneath her mother's fierce, independent spirit, but Yevgenia doesn't believe in sharing, least of all with her daughter. When a brutal attack exposes the cracks in their relationship, Lara and Yevgenia are forced to confront the family legacy of violence and the strain of inherited trauma on the bonds of their love.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374604059
  • ISBN: 0374604053
  • Physical Description: 308 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Subject: Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Racially mixed people > Fiction.
Russians > California > Fiction.
California > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 11 of 12 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION ANGEL (Text) 50686016282225 Adult Fiction Available -
Boone Area Library ANG (Text) 33249024522637 Fiction Available -
DuBois Public Library FIC ANGEL-AJANNI (Text) 61000100093356 Adult Fiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) ANG (Text) 92526129 GFWM Main Room Available -
Highland Community Library F ANG (Text) 35610001007025 HGHM Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Angel-Ajani (Text) 39427103726063 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
Parkland Community Library F ANG (Text) 34422007382316 Adult Fiction Available -
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults ANG Fiction (Text) 34318001222294 Adult Area Available -
Easton Main Library ANGEL-AJANI (Text) 31901004683167 Adult Fiction Available -
Hughes Library F ANG (Text) 32378005195427 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: "A debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert"--
When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the misnamed Oasis Mobile Estates is all they can afford. In this new community, where residents are down on their luck but rich in humor and escape plans, Lara navigates what it means to be the Black, biracial daughter of a Russian mother and begins to wonder what a life beyond Yevgenia's orbit--insistence on reading only the right kind of books (Russian), having the right kind of relationships (casual, with lots of sex)--might look like. Lara knows that something else lies beneath her mother's fierce, independent spirit, but Yevgenia doesn't believe in sharing, least of all with her daughter. When a brutal attack exposes the cracks in their relationship, Lara and Yevgenia are forced to confront the family legacy of violence and the strain of inherited trauma on the bonds of their love.

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