When Trying to Return Home Literary Fiction Science cannot stop the world

Science cannot stop the world from running backwards

The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person’s decisions

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For readers of Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins

A former educator whose first book was shortlisted for a Crystal Kite award

When Trying to Return Home Literary Fiction Science cannot stop the worldA dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro Latino life in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Miami, and beyondand an evocative meditation on belonging, the meaning of home, and how we secure freedom on our own termsProfoundly moving and powerful, the stories in When Trying to Return Home dig deeply into the question of belonging. A young woman is torn between overwhelming love for her mother and the need to break free