{"product_id":"home-is-not-a-country-hardcover","title":"Home Is Not a Country - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSafia Elhillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nothing short of magic.\" --Elizabeth Acevedo, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Poet X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed poet featured on \u003ci\u003eForbes Africa'\u003c\/i\u003es \"30 Under 30\" list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003emy mother meant to name me for her favorite flower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eits sweetness garlands made for pretty girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ei imagine her yasmeen bright \u0026amp; alive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; i ache to have been born her instead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNima wishes she were someone else. She doesn't feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn't feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen--the name her parents meant to give her at birth--Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafia Elhillo is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eThe January Children\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the the 2016 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets and a 2018 Arab American Book Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSudanese by way of Washington, DC, she holds an MFA from The New School, a Cave Canem Fellowship, and a 2018 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. Safia is a Pushcart Prize nominee, co-winner of the 2015 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, and listed in Forbes Africa's 2018 \"30 Under 30.\" She is a 2019-2021 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2021)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coretta Scott King Award (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458296725682,"sku":"9780593177051","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c64f9f727a6f34777c067b21da9ab239.webp?v=1778889937","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/home-is-not-a-country-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}