{"product_id":"americas-dream-esmeralda-santiago-9780063074132","title":"America's Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lyrical [and] haunting, Am駻ica's liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the award-winning, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eWhen I Was Puerto Rican, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAm駻ica's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American and exemplifies the spirit of every immigrant who has dared to realize the American dream.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAm駻ica Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her in the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with Am駻ica. So when Am駻ica is offered the chance to work as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester, New York, she takes it as a sign to finally make the escape she's been longing for. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, even as Am駻ica revels in the comparative luxury of her new life--daring to care about a man other than Correa--she is faced with the disquieting realization that no matter what she does, she can never really escape her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esmeralda Santiago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063074133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063074132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Esmeralda Santiago","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048038396159,"sku":"9780063074132","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a67005f-1347-4f85-a204-da2ec4df7a5a.jpg?v=1684993536","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/americas-dream-esmeralda-santiago-9780063074132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}