{"product_id":"barnacle-love","title":"Barnacle Love","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“Immense emotional and truthful power.”— Colm Tóibín, author of \u003ci\u003eNora Webster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Anthony De Sa makes his fiction debut with this stunning collection of interlinked stories that explore the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience. Hailed as “tender and raw, morbid and surprisingly gentle” by the \u003ci\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBarnacle Love\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for Canada’s highly prestigious Giller Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Moving from a small Portuguese fishing village in the Azores to the shores of Newfoundland, \u003ci\u003eBarnacle Love\u003c\/i\u003e then takes us into the dark alleys of Toronto’s Portuguese community in the 1970s. The first half of the book is told by Manuel Rebelo, who has fled his homeland—and the crushing weight of his mother’s expectations—to build a future for himself in a new land. Manuel struggles hard to adjust, but fulfilling the promise of his adopted home is not as simple as he had hoped. The second half of the book is told with candor by Manuel’s son Antonio, who—along with his sister and mother—lives in the shadows cast by Manuel’s failures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With fantastic, sometimes magical details and passionate empathy, Anthony De Sa invites readers into the lives of the Rebelo family. The results are, in the words of writer Nino Ricci, “haunting and elegiac.”\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"9781616200251","offer_id":21406013831,"sku":"9781616200251","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"9781565129269","offer_id":21406013767,"sku":"9781565129269","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1210\/1100\/products\/9781616200251-optimized.jpg?v=1693543652","url":"https:\/\/workman-feed-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/barnacle-love","provider":"zzz_Workman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}