{"product_id":"brown-girl-brownstones-paule-marshall-9781558614987","title":"Brown Girl, Brownstones","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vivid and bittersweet classic coming-of-age tale, set in immigrant Brooklyn.\u003c\/b\u003eSet in Brooklyn during the Great Depression and World War II, \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl, Brownstones\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the efforts of Barbadian immigrants to surmount poverty and racism and to make their new country home. Selina Boyce is torn between the opposing aspirations of her parents: her hardworking, ambitious mother longs to buy a brownstone row house while her easygoing father prefers to dream of effortless success and his native island's lushness.Featuring a new foreword by Edwidge Danticat, this coming-of-age tale grapples with identity, sexuality, and changing values in a new country, as a young woman must reconcile tradition with potential and change.\"Remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"An unforgettable novel written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--New York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paule Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558614982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558614987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2006 pg. 100","brand":"Paule Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047106572543,"sku":"9781558614987","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b0a436e-e792-4038-acfe-0dd0937ec9a3.jpg?v=1684988294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brown-girl-brownstones-paule-marshall-9781558614987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}