{"product_id":"brown-girl-brownstones-9781558614987","title":"Brown Girl, Brownstones","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vivid and bittersweet classic coming-of-age tale, set in immigrant Brooklyn.\u003c\/b\u003eSet in Brooklyn during the Great Depression and World War II, \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl, Brownstones\u003c\/i\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.Featuring 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.\"Remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"An unforgettable novel written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--New York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaule Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl, Brownstones\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen Place\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Timeless People\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePraisesong for the Widow\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDaughters\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written several collections of short stories, including \u003ci\u003eReena and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and a memoir entitled \u003ci\u003eTriangular Road\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Hellen Gould Sheppard Professor of Literature and Culture at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420111606034,"sku":"9781558614987","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af9453cc-5077-4c28-a78d-7c89ba75f427.jpg?v=1748606353","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brown-girl-brownstones-9781558614987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}