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In this debut novel, T.M. Spooner convincingly portrays the often perilous journey north for Mexican migrants. The novel is narrated by anthropology student Paul Westin who is drawn to Mexico by one of the men he befriends while researching his doctoral dissertation. As Westin becomes more involved with the migrants and learns of a tragedy among them, he struggles to maintain professional objectivity. In Mexico he encounters La Purísima, the fractured village and symbol of rural Mexico, desperately struggling with the death of one of its own young men. The strange and unexpected reactions of the villagers force Westin and a local priest, Father Gabriel, to search for a solution to save La Purísima. Spooner tells the story with keen insight and knowledge of the contrasts between the U.S and Mexico. The novel, both exciting and authentic, shines light on Mexican migrants who are so often seen as a faceless mass. The novel reveals that the journey north is not only an economic necessity, but has evolved into a rite of passage for so many of Mexico's rural youth. Many migrants come reluctantly and the result can be tragic. T.M. Spooner's prose are filled with clarity and depth of knowledge of Mexico's past and present. The Salvation of La Purísima is compellingly told and written - with tender regard for its characters. We will see much more from this insightful and gifted writer.

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9780915745555 | Floricanto Pr, November 30, 2003, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: In this debut novel, T.

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9781519675248, titled "Salvation of La Purisima" | Createspace Independent Pub, December 3, 2015, cover price $19.95
9780915745883 | Floricanto Pr, August 30, 2006, cover price $20.95 | About this edition: The Salvation of La Purisima is a profound and heartrending look at a disenfranchised and poverty-ridden society that, driven by the necessity of its own survival, culturally pressures its members to make a perilous migration and earn money whether they want to go or not.

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Winner of the 2015 PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionNew York Times Best of 2014Wall Street Journal's Best of 2014Vanity Fair's Best of 2014Publishers Weekly's Best of 2014BuzzFeed's Best of 2014Zou Lei, orphan of the desert, migrates to work in America and finds herself slaving in New York's kitchens. She falls in love with a young man whose heart has been broken in another desert. A new life may be possible if together they can survive homelessness, lockup, and the young man's nightmares, which may be more prophecy than madness.Praise for Preparation for the Next Life"Perhaps the finest and most unsentimental love story of the new decade." -The New York Times"As bold and urgent a love story as you’ll read this year." -Wall Street Journal"A sledgehammer to the American dream." -Kirkus Reviews"One of the most acclaimed debut novelists of the year." - New York ObserverLish (Life Is with People) turns to fiction with this stunning debut novel that plums the underbelly of New York City, tracing the relationship of Zou Lei, a Chinese immigrant working in a tiny noodle restaurant, and Skinner, an AWOL Iraqi war veteran and wanderer. Enduring stints in prison and homelessness, Zou Lei and Skinner experience life on society's fringes. Lish destroys the American dream with struggles his characters face and New York City is anything but idyllic. Zou Lei and Skinner have their budding relationship tested by insurmountable odds, and their own foibles and peculiarities are rendered with vivid detail. Lish's prose is at once raw and disciplined, and every word feels necessary. -Publishers Weekly"So much of American fiction has become playful, cynical and evasive. "Preparation for the Next Life" is the strong antidote to such inconsequentialities. Powerfully realistic, with a solemn, muscular lyricism, this is a very, very good book." –Joy WilliamsThe “next life” of Atticus Lish’s novel is the one you have to die to know. It’s also the next civilian life of a soldier ravaged by three tours in Iraq, and the dodgy life of an immigrant in the city’s sleepless boroughs. The work is violent, swift, and gloriously descriptive. It is love story and lament, a haunting record of unraveling lives. Lish says starkly and with enormous power: the spirit prevails until it doesn’t. A stunning debut.--Noy Holland, author of Swim for the Little One First An illegal Chinese immigrant meets a broken American warrior, and the great love story of the 21st century begins. The intersection of their paths seems inevitable, irrevocable. Their story: tender, violent, terrible, and beautiful. Atticus Lish's prose, lyrical and taut, sentences as exact and indisputable as chemical formulas, is trance-like, evangelical in its ability to convert and convince its reader. Preparation for the Next Life is that rare novel that grabs you by the shirt and slaps you hard in the face. Look, it says. It isn't pretty. Turn away at your own risk. In case you haven't noticed, the American Dream has become a nightmare. Atticus Lish has your wake up call. He has created a new prototype of the hero, and her journey provides us with a devastating perspective on the "promised land" of the post 9/11 U.S., where being detained is a rite of passage and the banality of violence is simply part of the pre-apocalyptic landscape. -Christopher Kennedy, Ennui Prophet

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9780991360826 | Tyrant Books, November 3, 2015, cover price $16.95
9780988518339 | Consortium Book Sales & Dist, November 11, 2014, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Winner of the 2015 PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionNew York Times Best of 2014Wall Street Journal's Best of 2014Vanity Fair's Best of 2014Publishers Weekly's Best of 2014BuzzFeed's Best of 2014Zou Lei, orphan of the desert, migrates to work in America and finds herself slaving in New York's kitchens.

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By Robertson Dean (narrator)

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9781501277269 | Mp3 una edition (Audible Studios on Brilliance audio, November 3, 2015), cover price $14.99

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9781410488114 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, April 20, 2016), cover price $30.99

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9781492608332 | Sourcebooks Landmark, July 7, 2015, cover price $14.99

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9781504606042 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 30, 2016), cover price $34.95

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By Tavia Gilbert (narrator)

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9781633892279 | Unabridged edition (Echristian, February 15, 2015), cover price $19.98

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9781617734878 | Kensington Pub Corp, January 27, 2015, cover price $15.00

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9781622509140 | Reprint edition (Saddleback Pub, January 1, 2015), cover price $8.95
9781783225163 | Gardners Books, October 31, 2014, cover price $10.90

Prebinding:

9780606366724 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, January 1, 2015), cover price $19.60

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Hardcover:

9781608091256 | Oceanview Pub, September 2, 2014, cover price $26.95

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9780451419910 | New Amer Library, February 4, 2014, cover price $15.00

Library:

9781628990119 | Large print edition (Center Point Pub, March 1, 2014), cover price $34.95

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9781433678219 | B & H Pub Group, January 1, 2014, cover price $14.99

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9780062202239 | William Morrow & Co, September 3, 2013, cover price $14.99

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9780826353344 | Univ of New Mexico Pr, August 1, 2013, cover price $21.95

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9781410447845 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 23, 2012), cover price $30.99
9780670023257 | Viking Pr, February 2, 2012, cover price $25.95

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9780143122937 | Penguin USA, December 24, 2012, cover price $16.00

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In 1904, when Frederick and Jette flee her disapproving mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new? Set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute they take one destined for New Orleans instead. Later they find themselves, more by chance than by design, in Beatrice, Missouri, a small town populated with unforgettable characters. In narrating their story, grandson James comes to realize he doesn't know his own story at all.

Hardcover:

9780399157592 | 1 edition (Putnam Pub Group, February 7, 2012), cover price $25.95
9781410446282 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, February 1, 2012), cover price $33.99

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9780425253175 | Reprint edition (Putnam Pub Group, February 5, 2013), cover price $16.00
9780399158513 | Penguin Group USA, February 7, 2012, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: In 1904, when Frederick and Jette flee her disapproving mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new?

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9781611760385 | Unabridged edition (Penguin/Highbridge, February 7, 2012), cover price $39.95

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9780983247180 | Two Dollar Radio Movement, August 14, 2012, cover price $16.00

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9780061713798 | Reprint edition (Perennial, May 8, 2012), cover price $14.99

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Hardcover:

9781462886890 | Xlibris Corp, August 16, 2011, cover price $22.99

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9781462886883 | Xlibris Corp, August 16, 2011, cover price $15.99

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Hardcover:

9781565129498 | Algonquin Books, March 8, 2011, cover price $23.95

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Paperback:

9780307278609 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, January 6, 2009), cover price $16.95 | also contains A Free Life

Miscellaneous:

9781605140605 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, February 15, 2008), cover price $49.99 | also contains A Free Life

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9781425190675 | Trafford on Demand Pub, October 6, 2009, cover price $32.99

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In the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Nan Wu, who had studied in the U.S. in the mid-1980s, leaves China with his wife and son to seek the freedom of the West, embarking on a migration that takes them through the heart of contemporary America.

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9780375424656 | 1 edition (Pantheon Books, October 30, 2007), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: In the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Nan Wu, who had studied in the U.

Paperback:

9780307278609 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, January 6, 2009), cover price $16.95 | also contains A Free Life

Miscellaneous:

9781605140605 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, February 15, 2008), cover price $49.99 | also contains A Free Life

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9781602833005 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 1, 2007), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: In the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Nan Wu, who had studied in the U.

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