When Trying to Return Home: Stories Memoir_Gift_Guide “soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott)

“soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott) story of how the largest house in America flourished

and before everyone else finds her out

With a foreword by Michael Pollan

Shortlisted for Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year

When Trying to Return Home: Stories Memoir_Gift_Guide “soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott)A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A 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 terms Profoundly 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