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03199aam a2200445 i 4500 001 4D03ED80F9CC11ECB315051A2BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220702010022 008 220128t20222022meu ed 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022003777 020 $a 1432896970 020 $a 9781432896973 (hardcover : large print) 035 $a (OCoLC)1294151908 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BKL $d IUK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PR6102.O477 $b S45 2022 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23/eng/20220128 084 $a FIC019000 $a FIC019000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Bola, J. J., $e author. 245 14 $a The selfless act of breathing : $b a novel / $c JJ Bola. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2022. 263 $a 2206 300 $a 393 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp of two identities. On paper, he seems to have it all: He's beloved by his students, popular with his coworkers, and the pride and joy of a mother who emigrated from the Congo to the UK in search of a better life. But behind closed doors, he's been struggling with the overwhelming sense that he can't address the injustices he sees raging before him--from his relentless efforts to change the lives of his students for the better to his attempts to transcend the violence and brutality that marginalizes young Black men around the world. Then one day he suffers a devastating loss, and his life is thrown into a tailspin. As he struggles to find a way forward, memories of his fathers' violent death, the weight of refugeehood, and an increasing sense of dread threaten everything he's worked so hard to achieve. Longing to escape the shadows in his mind and start anew, Michael decides to spontaneously pack up and go to America, the mythical "land of the free," where he imagines everything will be better, easier--a place where he can become someone new, someone without a past filled with pain. On this transformative journey, Michael travels everywhere from New York City to San Francisco, partying with new friends, sparking fleeting romances, and splurging on big adventures, with the intention of living the life of his dreams until the money in his bank account runs out. Written in spellbinding prose, with Bola's trademark magnetic storytelling, The Selfless Act of Breathing takes us on a wild ride to odd but exciting places as Michael makes surprising new connections and faces old prejudices in new settings"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Children of immigrants $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Teachers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Prejudices $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Men, Black $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a London (England) $v Fiction. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Psychological fiction. 941 $a 4 945 $a lpt 952 $l TNPD062 $d 20240123010935.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014402.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220802010658.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220702010830.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4D03ED80F9CC11ECB315051A2BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search