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An American Family and the Myth of Belonging
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Formats and Prices
- On Sale
- Oct 6, 2026
- Page Count
- 256 pages
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- ISBN-13
- 9781643756264
Price
$14.99Price
$19.99 CADFormat
Format:
- ebook $14.99 $19.99 CAD
- Hardcover $29.00 $39.00 CAD
- Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $24.99
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Praise for A Country You Can Leave:
“A master class of a bildungsroman . . . Like childhood, Angel-Ajani’s novel is alternately horrifying and spellbinding in its lessons about love, family and growing up." —The New York Times
"Angel-Ajani’s unflinching portrait of this hypernuclear family is captivating and complex, with a richly drawn supporting cast and occasional arch humor that leavens the intensely emotional backdrop." —Bookpage (starred review)
"[A] piercing debut novel . . . In perceptive prose and wry dialogue, Angel-Ajani brings to life a mother and daughter trapped by their circumstances. This is exemplary." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"From page one, A Country You Can Leave is a riveting, exasperating, and deeply heartbreaking tale of mother-daughter strife and resilience. Asale Angel-Ajani is an explosive talent and her story of Afro-Cuban Lara coming of age in a ruthless headlock with her survivalist Russian mother, Yevgenia, will disintegrate your strong-held emotional walls, down to her very last act of resistance." —Xochitl Gonzalez, author of Olga Dies Dreaming
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