{"product_id":"mecca","title":"Mecca","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wide and deep view of a dynamic, multiethnic Southern California . . . Susan Straight is an essential voice in American writing and in writing of the West. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2022 \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003ePrize. A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice and an NPR Staff Pick. One of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's 21 Books to Read this Summer. Named a Most Anticipated Book of March 2022 by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, USA Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlta.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, \u003ci\u003eMecca\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning epic tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians fighting for life and land \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state's Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California's forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness. But like the Santa Ana winds that every year bring the risk of fire, Johnny's moment of action twenty years ago sparked a slow-burning chain of connections that unites a vibrant, complex cast of characters in ways they never see coming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMecca\u003c\/i\u003e, the celebrated novelist Susan Straight crafts an unforgettable American epic, examining race, history, family, and destiny through the interlocking stories of a group of native Californians all gasping for air. With sensitivity, furor, and a cinematic scope that captures California in all its injustice, history, and glory, she tells a story of the American West through the eyes of the people who built it--and continue to sustain it. As the stakes get higher and the intertwined characters in \u003ci\u003eMecca \u003c\/i\u003eslam against barrier after barrier, they find that when push comes to shove, it's always better to push back.","brand":"Susan Straight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43571230933219,"sku":"9780374604516","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/products\/9780374604516-us.jpg?v=1669745877","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/mecca","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}