num_pages: 352
description: Eleven-year-old Awee came to live with Nasdijj, carrying a brown paper bag containing all his belongings, a legacy of abuse, and AIDS. But this beautiful, loving, and intelligent little boy also had enormous hope for his new life. In heartrending prose, Nasdijj writes about their tight-knit, untraditional family—and the precious time they spent together. This searing, poetic memoir will make you cry; yet it is ultimately triumphant, for Awee got what he wanted most in his short a real dad.
language: English
title: The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping
titlecomplete: The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 160
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: PEN Open Book Award
publisher: Ballantine Books