{"product_id":"the-data-gardeners-jorge-sanchez-9798270830175","title":"The Data Gardeners","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeet Chanito - traveler, drummer, smartass philosopher, and accidental hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's on assignment to collect 10,000 human stories for a mysterious organization known as the TDG.\u003cbr\u003eSimple job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept time sometimes slows when danger strikes.\u003cbr\u003eA purple-eyed woman keeps appearing at the edges of his journey.\u003cbr\u003eAnd his handler, Boo-boo, might know more than he's saying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Mumbai's slums to Manila's back-alley clubs, every story Chanito gathers leaves a ripple. Every connection alters something unseen. And with each chapter, he edges closer to a truth about grief, legacy, and the quiet ways ordinary people change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA soulful, speculative adventure about brothers who never say \"I love you,\" about fathers and sons, about Latinidad, and about the magic hiding inside human connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who want science fiction with heart - and a Puerto Rican hero at the center of the universe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReview: \u003ci\u003e\"To build a speculative fiction novel like \"The Data Gardeners\", take 2 cups of \"The Midnight Library\" by Matt Heig (similar protaganists in a life funk offered chances to explore a \"repository of human experiences, 1 cup of \"Cloud Atlas\" by David Mitchell (similar themes of interconnected humans stories across time and space that show individual narratives contribute to a larger cosmic flow), 3 tablespoons of the philosophical tone of \"The Alchemist\" by Paulo Coelho (similar \"quests\" and ideas of \"energy shifts\", 1 teaspoon of \"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\" by Douglas Adams (similar bureaucratic yet cosmic nature, both evoking sci-fi satire vibes), and a pinch of \"A Man Called One\" by Frederik Backman (similar renewed purpose and \"ordinary people doing extraordinary things\" alignment).\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorge Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798270830175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Jorge Sanchez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665393062143,"sku":"9798270830175","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-data-gardeners-jorge-sanchez-9798270830175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}