{"product_id":"palaver","title":"Palaver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A heart-wrenchingly honest, often luminescent exploration of how to find and cultivate true connections, sometimes in the unlikeliest of places . . . [\u003ci\u003ePalaver\u003c\/i\u003e is] an unshakable triumph.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of TIME's Must-Read Books of 2025 and \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e' Best of Fiction 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Fiction Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople, Harper's Bazaar, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBustle, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the award-winning Bryan Washington. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor and drinks his nights away with friends at a gay bar. He's entangled in a sexual relationship with a married man, and while he has built a chosen family in Japan, he is estranged from his mother in Houston, whose preference for the son's oft-troubled homophobic brother, Chris, pushed him to leave home. Then, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, ten years since they last saw each other, the mother arrives uninvited on his doorstep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith only the son's cat, Taro, to mediate, the two of them bristle at each other immediately. The mother, wrestling with memories of her youth in Jamaica and her own complicated brother, works to reconcile her good intentions with her missteps. The son struggles to forgive. But as life steers them in unexpected directions--the mother to a tentative friendship with a local bistro owner and the son to a cautious acquaintance with a new patron of the bar--they begin to see each other more clearly. During meals and conversations and an eventful trip to Nara, mother and son try as best they can to determine where \"home\" really is--and whether they can even find it in one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with understated humor and an open heart, moving through past and present and across Houston, Jamaica, and Japan, Bryan Washington's \u003ci\u003ePalaver \u003c\/i\u003eis an intricate story of family, love, and the beauty of a life among others.","brand":"Bryan Washington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52956738748780,"sku":"9780374609078","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/7985\/1884\/files\/9780374609078-us.jpg?v=1764774856","url":"https:\/\/commercestreetbooks.com\/products\/palaver","provider":"Commerce Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}