{"product_id":"esperanza-street-niyati-keni-9781908276483","title":"Esperanza Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI was eight when my father brought me to one of the big houses at the top of Esperanza Street and left me with Mary Morelos. 'I haven't the time to fix broken wings, ' she said. 'Does he have any trouble with discipline?' My father glanced at me before answering\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins the story of Joseph, houseboy to the once-wealthy Mary Morelos, who lives in the three-story Spanish colonial house at the top of Esperanza Street in a port town in the Philippines. Through Joseph's eyes we are witness to the destruction of the community to which they are both, in their own way, bound. Niyati Keni's evocative and richly populated debut novel \u003ci\u003eEsperanza Street\u003c\/i\u003e is about criminality under the guise of progress, freedom or the illusion of it, and about how the choices that we make are ultimately the real measure of who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niyati Keni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1908276487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781908276483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e And Other Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2014","brand":"Niyati Keni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058646216959,"sku":"9781908276483","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74298342-cadb-4220-8ab1-7f1865de5b20.jpg?v=1685053750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/esperanza-street-niyati-keni-9781908276483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}