{"product_id":"brown-girl-in-the-ring-9780446674331","title":"Brown Girl in the Ring","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this \"impressive debut\" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways -- farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNalo Hopkinson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jamaica and has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada. The daughter of a poet\/playwright and a library technician, she has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada's Sunburst Award for literature of the fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collection \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c\/i\u003e was selected for the 2002 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Reading List and was one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year.\u003cbr\u003eHopkinson is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Moon's Arms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Roads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidnight Robber\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl in the Ring\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and splits her time between California, USA, and Toronto, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618643349778,"sku":"9780446674331","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_92d0a39b-183e-460e-8253-f15b83c6c047.jpg?v=1732539474","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brown-girl-in-the-ring-9780446674331","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}