FAKE PIÑATA by Ashleah Gonzales (Signed & Limited Edition Clothbound Hardcover - PREORDER)

Please note this is a preorder, so orders will ship on the book’s release date: May 21, 2024.

In this debut collection, Ashleah Gonzales cuts open and examines the pieces of a life as they fall. Hands full of rotten oranges, promises to ancestors, lost secrets, empty days in Paris—they begin to add up to “an eternity that’s entirely mine.” These poems sting with tenderness, intimacy, and a longing to find a place that finally feels like home.

The image you see here is a digital mockup, but the actual hardcover book will have the text embossed on royal blue clothbound cover with kelly green endpapers, a blue ribbon bookmark, and printed on 55# Rolland Enviro Book Paper. Ashleah Gonzales will sign each book. All Rose Books titles are printed in the United States. This cover design is by Mark McCoy.

Each hardcover book will come with a separate limited edition Rose Dialogues #003, a risograph zine that contains a conversation between Ashleah Gonzales, Chelsea Hodson, and editorial assistant Katie Coleman.