{"product_id":"mosquito-9780807006627","title":"Mosquito","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Jones's great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.\"--Anna Wiener, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing\u003c\/i\u003e--a rare and unforgettable journey set along the US-Mexico border about identity, immigration, and \"the new underground railroad.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. In \u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e, she examines the US-Mexico border crisis through the eyes of Sojourner Nadine Jane Johnson, an African American truck driver known as Mosquito. Her journey begins after she discovers a stowaway who nearly gives birth in the back of her truck, sparking Mosquito's accidental yet growing involvement in \"the new underground railroad,\" a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Mosquito's understanding of the immigrants' need to forge new lives and identities deepens, so too does Mosquito's romance with Ray, a gentle revolutionary, a philosopher, and, perhaps, a priest. Along the road, Mosquito introduces us to Delgadina, a Chicana bartender who fries cactus, writes haunting stories, and studies to become a detective; Monkey Bread, a childhood pal who is, improbably, assistant to a blonde star in Hollywood; Maria, the stowaway who names her baby Journal, a misspelled tribute to her unwitting benefactor Sojourner; and many more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807006627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Gayl Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574382469301,"sku":"9780807006627","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_805da326-0703-440a-b8e8-6835c4ac3650.jpg?v=1643693485","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mosquito-9780807006627","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}