{"product_id":"perris-california-paperback","title":"Perris, California - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Stark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eA glorious debut...it will rouse your deepest well of empathy.\" --Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Left Undone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This novel will live alongside classics of young womanhood.\" --Susan Straight, author of bestsellers\u003ci\u003e Mecca\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Country of Women\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law's property, encounters the woman she used to love--leading Tessa to question the very foundations of the life she's built \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbandoned first by her father and then her mother, as a girl Tessa is left to live with her abusive stepfather and stepbrother. She survives by finding reserves of strength in herself, and by the surprising, transformative love of another teenage girl, Mel, who sees through Tessa's tough exterior to the vulnerable, scarred, loving woman inside. When she suddenly loses Mel, too, Tessa stumbles into a saving grace of a different kind with Henry and his mama, Angie, becoming a mother and finding herself in a familial existence that somehow carries her into adulthood--until the day she runs into Mel, who has just returned to Perris after years away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with violence, tragedy, tenderness, longing, and the unvarnished courage of women living in a mostly unseen America, \u003ci\u003ePerris, California\u003c\/i\u003e is the utterly gripping story of Tessa's journey from trauma to healing, and it introduces us to one of the most indelible female characters since Bone Boatwright in Dorothy Allison's \u003ci\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e or Ruth Langmore in \u003ci\u003eOzark\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Stark\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Perris, California. She received her bachelor's degree in creative writing from University of California, Riverside, and her master's degree in creative writing at University of California, Davis. She currently resides in southern Colorado where she writes, runs mountain trails, and teaches yoga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263711691001,"sku":"9780593656228","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7IeK9GfdLS9780593656228.webp?v=1768822348","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/perris-california-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}