{"product_id":"freshwater","title":"Freshwater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe astonishing debut novel from the acclaimed bestselling author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eou Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ePet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etells\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the story of Ada, an unusual child who is a source of deep concern to her southern Nigerian family. Young Ada is troubled, prone to violent fits. Born “with one foot on the other side,” she begins to develop separate selves within her as she grows into adulthood. And when she travels to America for college, a traumatic event on campus crystallizes the selves into something powerful and potentially dangerous, making Ada fade into the background of her own mind as these alters—now protective, now hedonistic—move into control. Written with stylistic brilliance and based in the author’s realities, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edazzles with ferocious energy and serpentine grace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"height: 58.7814px;\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e Format\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eDate Published\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkwaeke Emezi\u003c\/b\u003e (they\/them) is an Igbo and Tamil writer and artist based in liminal spaces. They are the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award; \u003ci\u003ePet\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, a Walter Honor Book, and a Stonewall Honor Book; \u003ci\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and short-listed for the PEN\/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize; \u003ci\u003eDear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2022 ALA Stonewall Book Award–Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award; and most recently, \u003ci\u003eContent Warning: Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, their debut poetry collection; \u003ci\u003eBitter\u003c\/i\u003e, their second young adult novel; and \u003ci\u003eYou Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, their debut romance novel. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation and featured on the cover of \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eas a Next Generation Leader, they are based in liminal spaces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/Akwaeke-Emezi-author-photo-1_by-Vo-1b525b2736004672b8d04f9675702295.jpg?v=1745269836\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"135\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50871517643039,"sku":"9780802128997","price":27.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/edited.jpg?v=1745610550","url":"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/products\/freshwater","provider":"Venus Envy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}