{"product_id":"the-flowers-along-the-way-claudia-castro-luna-9798899480928","title":"The Flowers Along the Way: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePassionately demonstrating the dormant trauma of political violence and the redemption waiting beyond it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom El Salvador's lush countryside to the streets of Oakland, California, a young mother wrestles with the intersecting forces of memory, history, and language in order to chart a new path for herself and her growing family. Fleeing political unrest and civil war violence in El Salvador, fourteen-year-old Claudia Castro Luna arrived in the United States with her family in 1981. Two decades later, holding her two-year-old and pregnant with her second child, she survives a public shooting by hiding behind shrubs in front of her house in Oakland. This event unleashes disorienting and traumatic memories, plunging her into a journey of discovery as she grapples with PTSD, recovers family stories, and begins to make sense of all that was torn asunder within her by the experiences of war and emigration. Beauty, longing, fear, and joy entwine in this powerful story of love, self-determination, and the search for home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Castro Luna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798899480928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Claudia Castro Luna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852882424063,"sku":"9798899480928","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flowers-along-the-way-claudia-castro-luna-9798899480928","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}