{"product_id":"luz-9781631528705","title":"Luz","description":"Alma Cruz wishes her willful teenage daughter, Luz, could know the truth\u003cbr\u003e about her past, but there are things Luz can never know about the \u003cbr\u003ejourney Alma took to the US to find her missing father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2000--three years after the disappearance of her father, who left \u003cbr\u003eOaxaca to work on farms in California--Alma sets out on a perilous trek \u003cbr\u003enorth with her sister, Rosa. What happens once she reaches the US is a \u003cbr\u003ejourney from despair to hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimeless in its depiction of the depths of family devotion and the blaze\u003cbr\u003e of first love, \u003ci\u003eLuz\u003c\/i\u003e conveys, with compassion and insight, the plight of those desperate to cross the US border.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas, Debra:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Originally from upstate New York, Debra Thomas has lived in Southern California for most of her adult life. She holds both a bachelor's and a master's in English from California State University, Northridge, and attended the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. She has taught literature and writing at a Los Angeles public high school and English as a Second Language to adults from all over the world. Her experience as an advocate for immigrant and refugee rights led her to write \u003cem\u003eLuz\u003c\/em\u003e. She is currently at work on her second novel.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474484171026,"sku":"9781631528705","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52bbd5f9-abcc-4434-b8f9-581f1438541a.jpg?v=1730221825","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/luz-9781631528705","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}