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Palaver

Bryan Washington

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award won

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score

#251 of 8,085 books · #126 in Fiction

Won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2025). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 1 other award.

Ten years after leaving Houston, a young man living in Tokyo is surprised when his mother shows up unannounced for Christmas. Estranged and burdened by old wounds, they struggle to reconnect amid the bustle of city life, the quiet companionship of a cat, and memories that stretch from Jamaica to Texas. As each learns to see the other anew, their journey reveals how love--messy, imperfect, and deeply human--can bridge even the widest divides.

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Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print
ISBN-13
9781420533163
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Mother-son relationshipEstrangement and reconciliationIdentity and belonging

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