{"product_id":"ibis-1","title":"Ibis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION; WINNER OF THE PEN AMERICA OPEN BOOK AWARD; WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE (FICTION); GEORGIA AUTHOR OF THE YEAR (FIRST NOVEL); SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE; SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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","brand":"By Justin Haynes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45346444247222,"sku":"9781419772788","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/0610\/7830\/files\/9781419772788.jpg?v=1786350201","url":"https:\/\/store.abramsbooks.com\/products\/ibis-1","provider":"Abrams Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}