{"product_id":"noveno-nita-mud-on-thepb","title":"[08\/18\/26] Noveno, Nita: Mud on the Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eRed Hen Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: August 18, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful story of a daughter in the act of knowing her father. . . . stitching and restitching memories, records, artifacts, history, mystery, and fiction.\"--Ananda Lima, author of Mother\/land\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMud on the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e by Nita Noveno is a hybrid memoir that weaves a daughter's journey of discovering her Filipino immigrant father's hidden past with imaginative storytelling, offering a look into migration, identity, and the intergenerational legacies that shape who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMud on the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e is a hybrid memoir that intertwines a daughter's exploration of her Filipino immigrant father's obscured past with a reimagined version of his untold story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Southeast Alaska, Nita Noveno traces the legacy of her father, who arrived in the US in 1928 as part of a wave of Filipino men seeking better opportunities through manual labor in agriculture and other industries. The book alternates between Nita's coming-of-age story and imagined chapters of her father's life, revealing the gaps and silences that lie between their experiences. With a blend of personal and historical imagery, Mud on the Moon offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Filipino immigrants in America. It is a meditation on how family, memory, and identity are shaped by the stories we inherit, both spoken and unspoken, across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361794940951,"sku":"9781636284910","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/81VENsoiOgL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785966774","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/noveno-nita-mud-on-thepb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}