{"product_id":"malaya-essays-on-freedom-9781542093323","title":"Malaya: Essays on Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Cinelle Barnes, author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eMonsoon Mansion\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a moving and reflective essay collection about finding freedom in America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of a harrowing childhood in the Philippines, Cinelle Barnes emerged triumphant. But as an undocumented teenager living in New York, her journey of self-discovery was just beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause she couldn't get a driver's license or file taxes, Cinelle worked as a cleaning lady and a nanny and took other odd jobs--and learned to look over her shoulder, hoping she wouldn't get caught. When she falls in love and marries a white man from the South, Cinelle finds herself trying to adjust to the thorny underbelly of \"southern hospitality\" while dealing with being a new mother, an immigrant affected by PTSD, and a woman with a brown body in a profoundly white world. From her immigration to the United States, to navigating a broken legal system, to balancing assimilation and a sense of self, Cinelle comes to rely on her resilience and her faith in the human spirit to survive and come of age all over again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrical, emotionally driven, and told through stories both lived and overheard, Cinelle's intensely personal, yet universal, exploration of race, class, and identity redefines what it means to be a woman--and an American--in a divided country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542093323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Cinelle Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166107140277,"sku":"9781542093323","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1d1dbb38-98ec-48f1-b9df-abe303573f7f.jpg?v=1696920402","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/malaya-essays-on-freedom-9781542093323","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}