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Mecca

by Susan Straight

Kirkus Prize (Fiction) · 2022 · Shortlist
Farrar, Straus and Girouxliterary-fictionISBN 9780374604516

Award History

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Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction2022Shortlist

About This Book

An epic novel tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians—descendants of indigenous peoples and Mexican settlers—across generations of Southern California history. Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize.

About the Author

Susan StraightUS

Susan Straight is an American novelist and Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at UC Riverside. She is the author of Highwire Moon (National Book Award finalist) and Mecca.

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