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Poignant exploration of love's complexity and evolution.

"Memorial" isn't just a love story; it's a wistful journey through the intricacies of human relationships. Bryan Washington carefully unpacks the messy, tender, and often unspoken parts of falling in and out of love. The prose is both raw and beautiful, making it a great choice if you're seeking a narrative that reflects the true, imperfect nature of connection and intimacy.

  • Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (2021)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2020)
  • Aspen Words Literary Prize Nominee for Longlist (2021)
  • The Publishing Triangle Award Nominee for The Ferro-Grumley Awards (2021)
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Memorial

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ISBN: 9781838950101
Authors: Bryan Washington
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date of Publication: 2021-10-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Goodreads rating: 3.57
(rated by 36514 readers)

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A funny, sexy, profound dramedy about two young people at a crossroads in their relationship and the limits of love. Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years -- good years -- but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike's immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realizing he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it. Both men will change in ways that will either make them stronger together, or fracture everything they've ever known. And just maybe they'll all be okay in the end. Memorial is a funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be,
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Poignant exploration of love's complexity and evolution.

"Memorial" isn't just a love story; it's a wistful journey through the intricacies of human relationships. Bryan Washington carefully unpacks the messy, tender, and often unspoken parts of falling in and out of love. The prose is both raw and beautiful, making it a great choice if you're seeking a narrative that reflects the true, imperfect nature of connection and intimacy.

  • Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (2021)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2020)
  • Aspen Words Literary Prize Nominee for Longlist (2021)
  • The Publishing Triangle Award Nominee for The Ferro-Grumley Awards (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.