{"product_id":"backstitch-a-novel-by-idrissa-simmonds-nastili","title":"Backstitch: A Novel by Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili (Hardcover) (PREORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction - Historical - Family Life - Multigenerational - African American and Black\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 2\/23\/2027  (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom a powerful new voice in fiction comes a stunning multigenerational epic, spanning from 1920s Haiti to 1990s New York, centered on the disappearance of a little girl from Brooklyn's J'ouvert celebrations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrooklyn, 1996. Serenity Marcelin and her six-year-old daughter, Jouvay, have spent the summer reeling from an unexpected, devastating loss. Just when the two of them are beginning to find solace within their new family dynamic, Jouvay disappears into a crowd over Labor Day weekend and Serenity’s entire world changes in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn order to understand the events leading to Jouvay’s sudden disappearance, Serenity must unearth the long-buried secrets―and ghosts―of her family’s shocking past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of the unforgettable Marcelin women and the people closest to them, Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili's Backstitch embroiders a profound tale of hope and resistance, transporting readers to the city of Jérémie during the years of the US occupation of Haiti and to the vibrant streets of New York. A sweeping story of motherhood, sisterhood, resistance, generational trauma, and liberation, this novel charts the lives of the ghosts, secrets, and languages we can’t escape from―even when we try to bury them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdrissa Simmonds-Nastili\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Haitian-American, Jamaican-Canadian writer, poet, and essayist. She is the recipient of the Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize, a finalist for the Commonwealth Short Story Award and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in poetry, as well as co-editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Her work has most recently appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue, LitHub, WIRED Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and more. She has been the recipient of fellowships and residencies from Hedgebrook, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Poets House, and VONA\/Voices, and holds an MFA in fiction from Warren Wilson College. She is the curator of Brunch \u0026amp; Word, a bi-coastal literary salon. Her roots are in Brooklyn, New York and Surrey, British Columbia, and she calls Oakland home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Backstitch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In Backstitch, Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili has written a novel of extraordinary tenderness about the ways mothers shape us, the stories families carry, and the histories that ripple through generations...Her novel lingers in the spaces where family stories become history, and where love and loss are carried across generations. Tender, lyrical, and quietly powerful, this debut is a magnificent story, marvelously told. Multilayered and multigenerational, Backstitch balances vast historical scope with the intimacy of a love story. This novel asks us to consider what we carry forward, what we leave behind, and how we stitch ourselves back together.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNina McConigley, author of How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A tremendous feat that left me with chills. Backstitch is a powerful and wise novel about the intertwined threads between history and memory, revolution and pride, hauntings and haints. Simmonds-Nastili weaves a complex, thrilling tale about the strength of sisterhood and brilliantly ties it to Haitian spiritual traditions. Read this now.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Crystal Hana Kim, Author of The Stone Home and If You Leave Me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557443211457,"sku":"9781250422712","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/7522\/1441\/files\/9781250422712.jpg?v=1788403867","url":"https:\/\/www.bookhavenbooks.com\/products\/backstitch-a-novel-by-idrissa-simmonds-nastili","provider":"Book Haven Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}