{"product_id":"9781419772788-ibis-a-novel","title":"Ibis","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE 2025 ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION; WINNER OF THE 2026 PEN AMERICA OPEN BOOK AWARD; WINNER OF THE 2026 OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE (FICTION); WINNER GEORGIA AUTHOR OF THE YEAR (FIRST NOVEL); SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE; SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING; FINALIST FOR THE 2026 ZORA AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold, witty, and magical cross-generational story of migration, superstition, and the search for family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Felicity’s bad luck goes back centuries. Shaped by slavery, rebellion, and repression, the small coastal village in Trinidad is now facing a crackdown by the government, just as its people have taken in Milagros, an 11-year-old refugee from Venezuela. Meanwhile, scarlet ibis birds have mysteriously started appearing in town, and New Felicity’s superstitious fisherman fear the worst, certain they’ve brought on bad luck by killing a local witch. Skittish that a reporter’s story will bring down the wrath of the Ministry of National Security, the fishermen take things into their own hands. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJustin Haynes’s widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eIbis\u003c\/i\u003e moves backward and forward in time, from the town’s early days as a sugar plantation to Milagros’s adulthood as she searches for her mother across the Americas. A novel of mothers and daughters, origins and becomings, \u003ci\u003eIbis \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving exploration of the migrant crisis and the contemporary Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58553268371830,"sku":"9781419772788","price":11.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781419772788-ibis-a-novel","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}