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Overview"From the diagnosis of a son's mitochondrial disease to the physical and emotional challenges of caregiving, Pilipino-American poet Brian Ascalon Roley taps into the personal experience of parenting a wheelchair user son and combines it with Philippine horror mythology to create harrowing narratives of a family set in California. Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, award-winning author and publisher says, ""Ambuscade by Brian Ascalon Roley transports you into the painful world of a father coping with a son's disability. It is a lament, a rage, and at the same time a love story between a father and his son. This is a wringing read.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian Ascalon RoleyPublisher: Finishing Line Press Imprint: Finishing Line Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.068kg ISBN: 9781646624126ISBN 10: 1646624122 Pages: 46 Publication Date: 29 January 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAmbuscade by Brian Ascalon Roley transports you into the painful world of a father coping with a son's disability. It is a lament, a rage, and at the same time a love story between a father and his son. This is a wringing read, interesting and satisfying. -Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, award-winning author of such classics as When the Rainbow Godess Wept """Ambuscade by Brian Ascalon Roley transports you into the painful world of a father coping with a son's disability. It is a lament, a rage, and at the same time a love story between a father and his son. This is a wringing read, interesting and satisfying."" -Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, award-winning author of such classics as When the Rainbow Godess Wept" Author InformationBrian Ascalon Roley is a writer and professor of Philippine and American descent. He has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, the University of Cambridge, Cornell University, the Djerassi Foundation, Ragdale, the VCCA and others. His widely taught work includes THE LAST MISTRESS OF JOSE RIZAL (Northwestern University Press) and AMERICAN SON: A Novel (W.W. Norton), which was a New York Times Notable Book, Los Angeles Times Best Book, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize Finalist, and winner of the Association for Asian American Studies Prose Book Award, among other honors. His fiction, poetry and literary essays have appeared in numerous journals and in anthologies published by Norton (Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience), Penguin (Charlie Chan is Dead 2) and elsewhere, including several bestselling books in the Philippines. He is Professor of English at Miami University of Ohio. More info at www.brianroley.com Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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