{"product_id":"dona-cleanwell-leaves-home-stories-9780063259423","title":"Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"Ana Castillo is an American treasure. Fearless, compassionate, and flat-out brilliant--she is the writer we need as we navigate the challenges of our ever-changing world.\"--Tayari Jones, author of \u003cem\u003eAn American Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ana Castillo is de primera storyteller.\"--award-winning author Julia Alvarez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary legend Ana Castillo explores the secrets that are kept within households and the women they impact the most in this breakout collection that cements her place as a leading voice in feminist fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first person in her traditional Mexican American family to graduate from high school, Katia is entering adulthood at a time of turbulent change. Across the nation young people are fighting for civil and women's rights and protesting the Vietnam War and brutal dictatorships in South America. Like so many of her generation, Katia wants to make the world a better place, and is determined to follow her own path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As she considers moving to California to join La Causa, Mexican American activist Cesar Chavez's movement to improve the working conditions of migrant farmer workers, Katia receives an unexpected gift from her father: a plane ticket to Mexico City. Bring back your mother, he says, tell her, her children need her. And so Katia joins \u003cem\u003ethis\u003c\/em\u003e cause, to get Tina back to Chicago. But it won't be easy. Katia must learn to navigate a liberated version of her mother in a new country where she is now hawking supposedly superior cleaning products, called Donna Clean Well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Katia is but one of the voices introduced in this dazzling collection of short fiction from revered writer Ana Castillo. Spanning from Chicago to Mexico to New Mexico, the stories in \u003cem\u003eDo?a Cleanwell Leaves\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eHome\u003c\/em\u003e illuminate a chorus of people whose stories will leave you breathless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastillo, Ana:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAna Castillo\u003c\/strong\u003e is a celebrated poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor, playwright, translator, and scholar. Born and raised in Chicago, her award winning, bestselling titles include the novels \u003cem\u003eSo Far from God, The Guardians\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePeel My Love like an Onion\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSapogonia\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book, and the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eI Ask the Impossible\u003c\/em\u003e. She has received numerous awards, including the 2018 PEN Oakland Lifetime Achievement Award, the Fuller Award for Lifetime Achievement, and was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50893362102546,"sku":"9780063259423","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25616511-9e40-4243-9e22-10d8fcd680f2.jpg?v=1748510745","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dona-cleanwell-leaves-home-stories-9780063259423","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}