{"product_id":"the-sugar-island-paperback","title":"The Sugar Island - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvonne Lamazares's distinguished debut novel is \"at once a deeply personal and worldly tale . . . a wonderful amalgamation of culture, politics, and love\" (Philadelphia Weekly). With economical prose and a clear-eyed vision, Lamazares evokes lives full of hope but fraught with obstacles in this story of a mother and daughter in 1960s Cuba. The story is told in the brave, tough voice of Tanya, a girl at odds with her mother and with the rapidly changing world around her. In the wake of Castro's revolution, Tanya's mother -- passionate and unreliable -- is determined to leave Cuba at all costs and to take her reluctant daughter with her. THE SUGAR ISLAND presents their embattled relationship against the backdrop of a country in conflict with itself, where the old world chafes against the new and where a parent's desperate grab for freedom has dire consequences for her child.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68334353350879,"sku":"9780618154548","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7UudQfZCDW9780618154548.webp?v=1793260298","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-sugar-island-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}