{"product_id":"places-left-unfinished-at-the-time-of-creation-9780140292022","title":"Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award \u003c\/b\u003eIn this beautifully wrought memoir, award-winning writer \u003cb\u003eJohn Philip Santos\u003c\/b\u003e weaves together dream fragments, family remembrances, and Chicano mythology, reaching back into time and place to blend the story of one Mexican family with the soul of an entire people. The story unfolds through a pageant of unforgettable family figures: from Madrina--touched with epilepsy and prophecy ever since, as a girl, she saw a dying soul leave its body--to Teofilo, who was kidnapped as an infant and raised by the Kikapu Indians of Northern Mexico. At the heart of the book is Santos' search for the meaning of his grandfather's suicide in San Antonio, Texas, in 1939. Part treasury of the elders, part elegy, part personal odyssey, this is an immigration tale and a haunting family story that offers a rich, magical view of Mexican-American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Phillip Santos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 5.06w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140292022","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43232614776969,"sku":"9780140292022","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_5ffa9801-84c2-4aef-ad9e-4b6cae9eea17.jpg?v=1735033999","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/places-left-unfinished-at-the-time-of-creation-9780140292022","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}