{"product_id":"long-walk-to-cherry-gardens-9781736363515","title":"Long Walk to Cherry Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1968. Kingston, in an emerging garrison community. Roderick Brissett, an abandoned boy, finds himself marooned in a world of child labor and cruelty. His main nemesis, Aunt Hope threatens to destroy his youth. It would be his friend Chloe, herself an adolescent, who expands his world with the irresistible gift of books. Roderick finds other allies in the elders, Rastafarians and a Warner Woman. Will he unravel the painful family secrets that caused his mother's unthinkable actions? Will he build resilience or will he surrender to the lure of the dark streets of Kingston? A powerful examination of education, class, culture, kinship care and their effects on the adolescent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sisal Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736363515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.87d","brand":"Andrene Bonner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42478358757557,"sku":"9781736363515","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2fbac759-3d21-455b-8a8f-472709119f1a.jpg?v=1666751377","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/long-walk-to-cherry-gardens-9781736363515","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}