{"product_id":"into-the-beautiful-north-9780316025263","title":"Into the Beautiful North","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis powerful novel from a bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author tells the story of a young woman's journey--both emotionally and physically--as she travels north to America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- they've all gone north. While watching \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Seven\u003c\/i\u003e, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own \"Siete Magnv?ficos\" -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, \u003ci\u003eInto the Beautiful North\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonficiton \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Highway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLuis Alberto Urrea\u003c\/b\u003e is also the bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Hummingbird's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInto the Beautiful North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQueen of America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Broken Angels, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGood Night, Irene, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Water Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, a PEN\/Faulkner Award finalist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has won the Lannan Literary Award, an Edgar Award, and a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among many other honors. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, he lives outside of Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois-Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614627991826,"sku":"9780316025263","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a11d4c5-65f2-48ec-b56c-75645500de42.jpg?v=1732453890","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/into-the-beautiful-north-9780316025263","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}