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Catapult The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman: A Novel

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Catapult Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin

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Catapult Love Is an Ex-Country: A Memoir

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Catapult Rainbow Rainbow: Stories

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Catapult The Manningtree Witches: A Novel

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Catapult Officer Clemmons: A Memoir

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Catapult Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor

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Catapult Portrait of an Unknown Lady: A Novel

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Catapult The Baddest Bitch in the Room: A Memoir

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Catapult The Inland Sea: A Novel

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Catapult Low Country: A Memoir

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Catapult The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone

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Catapult In the Lobby of the Dream Hotel

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Catapult Which Side Are You On: A Novel

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Catapult Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, and Making Space for Ourselves

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Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noe Alvarez never knew his grandfather. Stories swirled around this mythologized, larger-than-life figure: That he had abandoned his family, and had possibly done something awful that put a curse on his descendants. About his grandfather, young Noe was sure of only one thing: That he had played the accordion. Now an adult, reckoning with the legacy of silence surrounding his family''s migration from Mexico, Alvarez resolves both to take up the instrument and to journey into Mexico to discover the grandfather he never knew. Alvarez travels across the US with his accordion, meeting makers and players in cities that range from San Antonio to Boston. He uncovers the story of an instrument that''s been central to classic American genres, but also played a critical role in indigenous Mexican history. Like the accordion itself, Alvarez feels trapped between his roots in Mexico and the U.S. As he tries to make sense of his place in the world - as a father, a s