{"product_id":"9781949641530","title":"Cross-Stitch","description":"\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut novel of female friendship and coming-of-age from Jazmina Barrera, acclaimed author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinea Nigra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn Lighthouses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, translated by Christina MacSweeney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was meant to be the trip of a lifetime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMila, Citlali, and Dalia, childhood friends now college aged, leave Mexico City for the England of The Clash and the Paris of Courbet. They anticipate the cafés and crushes, but not the early signs that they are each steadily, inevitably changing.\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat feels like forever ago. Mila, now a writer and a new mother, has just published a book on needlecraft—an art form so long dismissed as “women’s work.” But after learning Citlali has drowned, Mila begins to sift through her old scrapbooks, reflecting on their shared youth for the first time as a new wife and mother. What has come of all the nights the three friends spent embroidering together in silence? Did she miss the signs that Citlali needed help?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jazmina Barrera","offers":[{"title":"Two Lines Press |  Hardback | With dust jacket |  2023-11-17","offer_id":44230087934207,"sku":"9781949641530","price":35.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2e77ecb5-5a37-4184-b9b0-3aa593baf73f.jpg?v=1693005234","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781949641530","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}