If I survive you
(Playaway)
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Ridgway Public Library - PLAYAWAY | PLA FIC ESC | On Shelf |
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Playaway
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (480 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
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Title from Playaway label.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
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Read by Torian Brackett.
Description
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the couple and their two children learn, is far from the promised land. Excluded from society as Black immigrants, the family pushes on first through Hurricane Andrew and later the 2008 recession, living in a house so cursed that the pet fish launches itself out of its own tank rather than stay. But even as things fall apart, the family remains motivated, often to its own detriment, by what their younger son, Trelawny, calls "the exquisite, racking compulsion to survive." Masterfully constructed with heart and humor, the linked stories center on Trelawny as he struggles to carve out a place for himself amid financial disaster, racism, and flat-out bad luck. After a fight with Topper, himself reckoning with his failures as a parent and his longing for Jamaica, Trelawny claws his way out of homelessness through a series of odd, often hilarious jobs. Meanwhile, his brother, Delano, attempts a disastrous cash grab to get his kids back, and his cousin, Cukie, looks for a father who doesn't want to be found. As each character searches for a foothold, they never forget the profound danger of climbing without a safety net.
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Playaway Digital Audio.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Escoffery, J., & Brackett, T. (2022). If I survive you (Unabridged.). Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Escoffery, Jonathan and Torian, Brackett. 2022. If I Survive You. Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Escoffery, Jonathan and Torian, Brackett. If I Survive You Macmillan Audio, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Escoffery, Jonathan,, and Torian Brackett. If I Survive You Unabridged., Macmillan Audio, 2022.
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