{"product_id":"fugitive-son-a-memoir-paperback-softback-9781640126268","title":"Fugitive Son; A Memoir (Paperback \/ softback) 9781640126268","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFugitive Son\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Memoir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAramís Calderón (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640126268\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e214 pages, n-a\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.284 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Savage and tender. In \u003ci\u003eFugitive Son\u003c\/i\u003e AramÍs CalderÓn gives a searing portrait of his drug-dealing, prison-escapee father who evades authorities for a year with his wife and four children in tow. CalderÓn’s unsentimental memoir pulses with horror and love as his eleven-year-old self wrestles with his father’s Islamic faith and his own uncertain journey toward manhood. CalderÓn’s prose is spare and unyielding.”-Liam Corley, author of \u003ci\u003eUnwound: Poems from Enduring Wars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChangelings: Insurgence\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Intensely personal and extremely well told, \u003ci\u003eFugitive Son\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a most unusual and compelling coming-of-age true story that doesn’t pull punches. Fraught with suspense and a brand of strict lawlessness never seen before, the father and son here are like no others. Among the struggles and heartbreak, there is hope, and ultimately a new flavor of redemption. Poignant is an understatement. This book is intriguing, entertaining, and severely moving.”-Jeffery Hess, author of \u003ci\u003eNo Salvation\u003c\/i\u003e, the Beachhead trilogy, and \u003ci\u003ePascagoula Run\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A heartbreaking and eye-opening book. Bold, plainspoken, and cosmopolitan, \u003ci\u003eFugitive Son\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a boy who wants to know the truth about his mysterious Argentinian father who just happens to be Muslim. AramÍs CalderÓn has crafted a fascinating memoir about family, politics, and religion. I couldn’t put it down.”-M. C. Armstrong, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Haditha\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Delphi\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A gritty, brutally honest, unflinchingly authentic, finely nuanced, richly detailed, fast-paced, and ultimately deeply moving personal record of hard-won strength and innermost resilience. \u003ci\u003eFugitive Son\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkably talented new writer’s effort to raise a bulwark against despair.”-Mikhail Iossel, author of \u003ci\u003eLove like Water, Love like Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAramÍs CalderÓn was eleven in 1992 when federal marshals conducted a nighttime raid at the Baton Rouge apartment where he lived with his mother and four siblings. They were searching for AramÍs’s father, who had escaped from a nearby federal prison. Once satisfied with the answers from AramÍs’s mother, the marshals departed. At daybreak, so did AramÍs’s family-and drove toward a rendezvous with his father, who had fled to South Florida. Thus began an eight-month ordeal of constant moves, family aliases, and drug deals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As CalderÓn shares, \u003ci\u003eFugitive Son\u003c\/i\u003e is not a love letter to his father, whom he sees even after his death as an unethical, toxic, and incredibly complex man. Rather, CalderÓn’s memoir explores how his father’s undeniable love for his family despite drug addiction, lawlessness, and toxic masculinity informed AramÍs’s rebellious decision to join the Marines, and how all this shaped his determination to become the father he wished his own had been.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52633547637016,"sku":"9781640126268","price":16.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fugitive-son-a-memoir-paperback-softback-9781640126268","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}