{"product_id":"monsoon-mansion-a-memoir-9781542046145","title":"Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold with a lyrical, almost-dreamlike voice as intoxicating as the moonflowers and orchids that inhabit this world, \u003ci\u003eMonsoon Mansion\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing yet triumphant coming-of-age memoir exploring the dark, troubled waters of a family's rise and fall from grace in the Philippines. It would take a young warrior to survive it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCinelle Barnes was barely three years old when her family moved into Mansion Royale, a stately ten-bedroom home in the Philippines. Filled with her mother's opulent social aspirations and the gloriously excessive evidence of her father's self-made success, it was a girl's storybook playland. But when a monsoon hits, her father leaves, and her mother's terrible lover takes the reins, Cinelle's fantastical childhood turns toward tyranny she could never have imagined. Formerly a home worthy of magazines and lavish parties, Mansion Royale becomes a dangerous shell of the splendid palace it had once been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable ode to survival, Cinelle creates something magical out of her truth--underscored by her complicated relationship with her mother. Through a tangle of tragedy and betrayal emerges a revelatory journey of perseverance and strength, of grit and beauty, and of coming to terms with the price of family--and what it takes to grow up.\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\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542046145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2018 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cinelle Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36658557550748,"sku":"9781542046145","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_24306c6b-dd14-4971-a4fe-9d816506c4e9.jpg?v=1603893097","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/monsoon-mansion-a-memoir-9781542046145","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}