{"product_id":"servants-tale-9780393322859","title":"Servant's Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paula Fox\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Hispanic \u0026amp; Latino - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuisa de la Cueva was born on the Caribbean island of Malagita, of a plantation owner's son and a native woman, a servant in the kitchen. Her years on Malagita were sweet with the beauty of bamboo, banana, and mango trees with flocks of silver-feathered guinea hens underneath, the magic of a victrola, and the caramel flan that Mama sneaked home from the plantation kitchen. Luisa's father, fearing revolution, takes his family to New York. In the barrio his once-powerful name means nothing, and the family establishes itself in a basement tenement. For Luisa, Malagita becomes a dream. Luisa does not dream of going to college, as her friend Ellen does, or of winning the lottery, as her father does. She takes a job as a servant and, paradoxically, grows more independent. She marries and later raises a son alone. She works as a servant all her life. A Servant's Tale is the story of a life that is simple on the surface but full of depth and richness as we come to know it, a story told with consummate grace and compassion by Paula Fox.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408805945495,"sku":"9780393322859","price":2078.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780393322859.webp?v=1767310567","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/servants-tale-9780393322859","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}