{"product_id":"9780593243305","title":"I Will Greet the Sun Again","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poetic, open-hearted debut about an Iranian American boy searching for his place in the world—“teeming with desire and light, and quietly devastating” (Justin Torres, author of \u003ci\u003eWe the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Call me K, because unlike Baba and Maman I was born right here and like my brothers I want to be known as a boy from L.A., since that’s the truth.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in the San Fernando Valley with his two brothers, all K wants is to be “a boy from L.A.,” all American. But K—the youngest, named after a Persian king—knows there’s something different about himself. Like the way he feels about his closest friend, Johnny, a longing that he can’t share with anyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt home, K must navigate another confusing identity: that of the dutiful son of Iranian immigrants struggling to make a life for themselves in the United States. He tries to make his mother proud, live up to her ideal of a son. On Friday nights, K attends prayers at the local mosque with Baba, whose violent affections distort K’s understanding of what it means to be a man and how to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Baba takes the three brothers from their mother back to Iran, K finds himself in an ancestral home he barely knows. Returning to the Valley months later, K must piece together who he is, in a world that now feels as foreign to him as the one he left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stunning, tender novel of identity and belonging, \u003ci\u003eI Will Greet the Sun Again\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young man lost in his own family, his own country, and his own skin. Staring down the brutality of being a queer kid and a Muslim in America, Khashayar J. Khabushani transforms personal and national pain into an unforgettable and beautifully rendered exploration of youth, love, family—and the stories that make us who we are.","brand":"Khashayar J. Khabushani","offers":[{"title":"Random House Publishing Group |  Hardback  |  2023-08-01","offer_id":44151332897023,"sku":"9780593243305","price":37.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cd7a8534-5517-4185-9abe-ab9ba7e7a4d7.jpg?v=1683774380","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593243305","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}