{"product_id":"carry-me-like-water-9780060831332","title":"Carry Me Like Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Sentimental and ferocious, upsetting and tender, firmly magic-realist yet utterly modern. . . \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSáenz is a writer with greatness in him.\" --\u003cem\u003eSan Diego Union Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eCarry Me Like Water\u003c\/em\u003e, Benjamin Alire Sáenz unfolds a beautiful story about hope and forgiveness, unexpected reunions, an expanded definition of family, and, ultimately, what happens when the disparate worlds of pain and privilege collide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiego, a deaf-mute, is barely surviving on the border in El Paso, Texas. Diego's sister, Helen, who lives with her husband in the posh suburbs of San Francisco, long ago abandoned both her brother and her El Paso roots. Helen's best friend, Lizzie, a nurse in an AIDS ward, begins to uncover her own buried past after a mystical encounter with a patient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis immensely moving novel confronts divisions of race, gender, and class, fusing together the stories of people who come to recognize one another from former lives they didn't know existed-- or that they tried to forget. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Alire Sáenz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060831332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSáenz, Benjamin Alire:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Alire Sáenz is the author of \u003cem\u003eIn Perfect Light\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCarry Me Like Water\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHouse of Forgetting\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the author of several children's books. He won the American Book Award for his collection of poems \u003cem\u003eCalendar of Dust\u003c\/em\u003e. Sáenz is the chair of the creative writing department at the University of Texas-El Paso.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43099535671411,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a686f088-c710-4aed-ae25-4a0a43410383.jpg?v=1748703486","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/carry-me-like-water-9780060831332","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}