"A California epic following several native, diverse Californians grasping for air in a world that continues to marginalize them."– <\/p>\n
A wide and deep view of a dynamic, multiethnic Southern California . . . Susan Straight is an essential voice in American writing and in writing of the West. —The New York Times Book Review<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus <\/i>Prize. A New York Times Book Review <\/i>Editors’ Choice and an NPR Staff Pick. One of The Washington Post<\/i>‘s 21 Books to Read this Summer. Named a Most Anticipated Book of March 2022 by the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, <\/i> and Alta.<\/i> <\/p>\n
From the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, Mecca<\/i> is a stunning epic tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians fighting for life and land <\/p>\n
<\/b>Johnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state’s Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California’s forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness. But like the Santa Ana winds that every year bring the risk of fire, Johnny’s moment of action twenty years ago sparked a slow-burning chain of connections that unites a vibrant, complex cast of characters in ways they never see coming. <\/p>\n
In Mecca<\/i>, the celebrated novelist Susan Straight crafts an unforgettable American epic, examining race, history, family, and destiny through the interlocking stories of a group of native Californians all gasping for air. With sensitivity, furor, and a cinematic scope that captures California in all its injustice, history, and glory, she tells a story of the American West through the eyes of the people who built it–and continue to sustain it. As the stakes get higher and the intertwined characters in Mecca <\/i>slam against barrier after barrier, they find that when push comes to shove, it’s always better to push back. <\/p>\n
"A wide and deep view of a dynamic, multiethnic Southern California . . . Susan Straight is an essential voice in American writing and in writing of the West." \u2014The New York Times Book Review<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus <\/i>Prize. A New York Times Book Review <\/i>Editors’ Choice and an NPR Staff Pick. One of The Washington Post<\/i>‘s 21 Books to Read this Summer. Named a Most Anticipated Book of March 2022 by the Los Angeles Times, USA Today,<\/i> and Alta.<\/i><\/p>\n
From the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, Mecca<\/i> is a stunning epic tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians fighting for life and land<\/p>\n
<\/b>Johnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state\u2019s Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California\u2019s forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness. But like the Santa Ana winds that every year bring the risk of fire, Johnny\u2019s moment of action twenty years ago sparked a slow-burning chain of connections that unites a vibrant, complex cast of characters in ways they never see coming.<\/p>\n
In Mecca<\/i>, the celebrated novelist Susan Straight crafts an unforgettable American epic, examining race, history, family, and destiny through the interlocking stories of a group of native Californians all gasping for air. With sensitivity, furor, and a cinematic scope that captures California in all its injustice, history, and glory, she tells a story of the American West through the eyes of the people who built it\u2014and continue to sustain it. As the stakes get higher and the intertwined characters in Mecca <\/i>slam against barrier after barrier, they find that when push comes to shove, it\u2019s always better to push back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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