{"product_id":"9781806750214","title":"LOCA","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Heredia, Alejandro\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 2 July 2026 by Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | \u003cbr\u003e198 x 129\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Center of Fiction First Novel Prize 2025It's 1999, and best friends Sal and Charo are striving to hold on to their dreams in a New York determined to grind them down. Sal is a book-loving science nerd trying to grow beyond his dead-end job in a new city, but he's held back by tragic memories from his past in Santo Domingo. Free-spirited Charo is surprised to find herself a mother at twenty-five, partnered with a controlling man, working at the same supermarket for years, her world shrunk to the very domesticity she thought she'd escaped in her old country. When Sal finds love at a gay club one night, both his and Charo's worlds unexpectedly open up to a vibrant social circle that pushes them to reckon with what they owe to their own selves, pasts, futures, and, always, each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heredia, Alejandro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53578440147128,"sku":"9781806750214","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781806750214.jpg?v=1781107433","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781806750214","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}