{"product_id":"mama-day-9780679721819","title":"Mama Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful generational saga at once tender and suspenseful, overflowing with magic and common sense, this book \"resonates with genuine excitement ... a big, strong, admirable novel\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island's darker forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGLORIA NAYLOR was born in New York City in 1950. She received her B.A. in English from Brooklyn College and her M.A. in Afro-American studies from Yale. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Brewster Place\u003c\/i\u003e, which won both the American Book Award and the National Book Award for first novel, and was also adapted into a television movie by Oprah Winfrey; \u003ci\u003eLinden Hills; Bailey's Cafe;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Men of Brewster Place.\u003c\/i\u003e She taught writing and literature at George Washington University, New York University, Boston University, and Cornell University. She died in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608213917970,"sku":"9780679721819","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f188e1fa-d321-4e6d-8c40-d2e4c278bf94.jpg?v=1732318777","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mama-day-9780679721819","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}