{"product_id":"americas-dream-9780063074132","title":"America's Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLyrical  and] haunting, Am rica's liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering. -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeftly written and fiercely resilient, \u003cem\u003eAm rica's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American and exemplifies the spirit of every immigrant who has dared to realize the American dream.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAm rica Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her in the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with Am rica. So when Am rica is offered the chance to work as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester, New York, she takes it as a sign to finally make the escape she's been longing for. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, even as Am rica revels in the comparative luxury of her new life--daring to care about a man other than Correa--she is faced with the disquieting realization that no matter what she does, she can never really escape her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063074132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"Esmeralda Santiago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39521617608885,"sku":"9780063074132","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b512ec47-1ce6-4af0-9f92-abcf8d9ef335.jpg?v=1616505902","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/americas-dream-9780063074132","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}