{"product_id":"loteria-9780062268556","title":"Loteria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A taut, fraught, look at tragedy, its aftermath, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. With suspense, dread, and always the possibility for redemption, we watch as Zambrano flips the cards of chance and fate.\" -- Justin Torres, author of \u003cem\u003eWe The Animals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLoter a\u003c\/em\u003e, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family's tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state. Alone in her room, she retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of \u003cem\u003eloter a\u003c\/em\u003e cards. Each of the cards' colorful images--mermaids, bottles, spiders, death, and stars--sparks a random memory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePieced together, these snapshots bring into focus the joy and pain of the young girl's life, and the events that led to her present situation. But just as the story becomes clear, a breathtaking twist changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns affecting and inspiring, \u003cem\u003eLoter a\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful novel that reminds us of the importance of remembering, even when we are trying to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful images of \u003cem\u003eloter a\u003c\/em\u003e cards are featured throughout this intricate and haunting novel.\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 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062268556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Mario Alberto Zambrano","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916757831861,"sku":"9780062268556","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1d6cbc10-b47a-4d53-9508-eb425a120e00.jpg?v=1687270287","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/loteria-9780062268556","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}