{"product_id":"a-spy-in-the-struggle-a-riveting-must-read-novel-of-suspense-9781496728593","title":"A Spy in the Struggle: A Riveting Must-Read Novel of Suspense","description":"\u003cb\u003eAya de Le n's International Latino Book Award-winning, action-packed, sexually-charged, politically significant novels have been described as a rallying cry (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) and praised for their poetic and savvy descriptions of women's inner and external challenges that are reminiscent of Sister Souljah's or Ntozake Shange's work (\u003ci\u003eBitch Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). Now she takes on issues of climate justice, corporate corruption, and government surveillance of marginalized activists in an electrifying story about a high-powered attorney who goes undercover to infiltrate a Bay Area activist group.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Featured Thriller That Will Have You On The Edge Of Your Seat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBustle's Most Anticipated Reads for December\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Riot Featured Hispanic Heritage Month Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Books of Fall 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNovel Suspects Featured December New Release\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA passionately felt stand-alone with an affecting personal story at its center. - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the International Latino Book Award, Aya de Leon, returns with a thrilling and timely story of feminism, climate, and corporate justice--as one successful lawyer must decide whether to put everything on the line to right the deep inequities faced in one under-served Bay Area, California community.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince childhood, Yolanda Vance has forged her desire to escape poverty into a laser-like focus that took her through prep school and Harvard Law. So when her prestigious New York law firm is raided by the FBI, Yolanda turns in her corrupt bosses to save her career--and goes to work for the Bureau. Soon she's sent undercover at Red, Black, and Green--an African-American extremist activist group back in her California college town. They claim a biotech corporation fueled by Pentagon funding is exploiting the neighborhood. But Yolanda is determined to put this assignment in her win column, head back to corporate law, and regain her comfortable life... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil an unexpected romance opens her heart--and a suspicious death opens her eyes. Menacing dark money forces will do anything to bury Yolanda and the movement. Fueled by memories of who she once was--and what once really mattered most--how can she tell those who've come to trust her that she's been spying? As the stakes escalate, and one misstep could cost her life, Yolanda will have to choose between betraying the cause of her people or invoking the wrath of the country's most powerful law enforcement agency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of a new wave of espionage fiction from authors of color and women, many of whom place emphasis on the disturbing nature of being forced to spy on one's own. - Crime Reads, Most Anticipated Books of Fall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dafina Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496728593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Aya de Le\u0026#243;n","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027378819253,"sku":"9781496728593","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6d74e562-ec04-45d5-9fa5-a4b6cd1e8dd4.jpg?v=1609192738","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-spy-in-the-struggle-a-riveting-must-read-novel-of-suspense-9781496728593","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}