{"product_id":"brown-girl-brownstones-9781558614987","title":"Brown Girl, Brownstones","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paule Marshall | Edwidge Danticat\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid and bittersweet classic coming-of-age tale, set in immigrant Brooklyn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in Brooklyn during the Great Depression and World War II, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown Girl, Brownstones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An unforgettable novel written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—New York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46315655200919,"sku":"9781558614987","price":1651.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781558614987.webp?v=1767708471","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/brown-girl-brownstones-9781558614987","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}