Simone

SimoneFrom Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and illustrator Minnie Phan comes an unforgettable story of a Vietnamese American girl whose life is transformed by a wildfire. When Simone is awakened by her mom as a wildfire threatens their home, it is the beginning of a life changing journey. On their way to take shelter in a high school gym, the family passes firefighters from a prison unit battling the fire. Simone's mom tells her that when

not a breakdown

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they'll have to navigate the murky waters of past hurts

is not with identity politics itself

Recognizing the Stranger is a brilliant melding of literary and cultural analysis by one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and a foremost writer of fiction in the world today

each confluence another step on a path that has been written in the stars

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The question of how to survive

having ground dogma into dust with the fine point of a stiletto

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even as her life back in Queens begins to unravel

This intensely personal and political autobiography belies the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard long projected by the media and the state