One of The Washington Post''s Ten Best Books of 2022. Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize and the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. One of the New York Times'' 10 Best California Books of 2022 and one of NPR''s Best Books of 2022. A New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice.
"A wide and deep view of a dynamic, multiethnic Southern California . . . Susan Straight is an essential voice in American writing and in writing of the West." -The New York Times Book Review
From the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, Mecca is a stunning epic tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians fighting for life and land
Johnny Fr- has California in his blood. A descendant of the state-s Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California-s forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and
