{"product_id":"daughter-of-the-rivers-diane-grosklaus-whitty-9781613700761","title":"Daughter of the Rivers","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his second novel, Ilko Minev takes his readers back to the \u003cb\u003eAmazon of the 1960s\u003c\/b\u003e, where \u003cb\u003eBenjamim Melul, grandson of a once powerful rubber baron\u003c\/b\u003e, pursues his dream of reviving the glory days of Brazil's early 20th-century rubber boom.\u003cbr\u003e He and his wife Nina move to the family's abandoned plantation deep in the Amazon, near the border with Bolivia.\u003cbr\u003e They are joined in their \u003cb\u003eadventure\u003c\/b\u003e by a young couple, Adriano and Maria, both denizens of the forest. After five disappointing years of hard toil and little profit, the two couples are preparing to return to civilization with their young families when \u003cb\u003etragedy strikes\u003c\/b\u003e, leaving the green-eyed \u003ci\u003ecabocla\u003c\/i\u003e Maria alone and with three small children to care for.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFighting to survive\u003c\/b\u003e in one of the most isolated, inhospitable corners of the world, she eventually lands in the rough prospecting \u003ci\u003egarimpos\u003c\/i\u003e of the Amazon, where she first works for Dona Sandra, madam of a brothel, and then for Oleg Hazan, a Bulgarian immigrant determined to strike it rich mining for river gold.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders of Minev's first book, \u003ci\u003eAs Flowers Go\u003c\/i\u003e, will recognize the protagonists Licco, Oleg, and David, who transport us even deeper into the magical Amazon on this second journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Grosklaus Whitty, Ilko Minev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1613700768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613700761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eriginal Books LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.47d","brand":"Diane Grosklaus Whitty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942602899711,"sku":"9781613700761","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6e8a4398-16f0-4a00-8b87-0a9b198a7230.jpg?v=1681493305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/daughter-of-the-rivers-diane-grosklaus-whitty-9781613700761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}