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National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) · 2020 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction | 2020 | Shortlist |
About This Book
A Houston couple—a Black childcare worker and a Japanese chef—navigate their fractured relationship when the chef's estranged father arrives from Japan and the chef leaves to care for him in Osaka. A moving portrait of love and loss. NBCC Fiction finalist 2020.
About the Author
Bryan Washington is an American author who won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction twice — for Lot (2019) in 2020 and for Family Meal (2023) in 2024. Lot is a debut story collection set in Houston's outer neighbourhoods and exploring queer Black and Brown men and their families. Family Meal is a novel about grief, chosen family, and the complicated bonds between gay men. Read more →
