{"product_id":"the-block-captains-daughter-9780806142913","title":"The Block Captain's Daughter","description":"Guadalupe Anaya, a waitress, is pregnant. She is also the newly elected block captain of Sunflower Street, in charge of raising awareness of safety in her southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. Her campaign platform: God helps those who help themselves. While she waits for the baby, Lupe writes letters to her unborn child, whom she names Destiny. It is Lupe's dream that her daughter will be a writer, pushing a pen instead of a broom.\u003cbr\u003eIn this highly imaginative work of fiction by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eMother Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e, Demetria Mart nez weaves a portrait of six unforgettable characters, whose lives intertwine through their activism as they seek to create a better world and find meaning in their own lives. At the center of this circle of friends is Lupe, and her heartfelt letters to Destiny punctuate the narrative. Until she crossed the border alone and without papers, Lupe worked in a maquiladora in Mexico. Rescued by strangers, she has made a family for herself among the kindhearted friends, swept up in various causes, who will be her daughter's godparents.\u003cbr\u003eDeftly alternating between first-person and second-person narratives, conscious states and dream states, \u003ci\u003eThe Block Captain's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is full of delightful surprises, even as it deals with universal themes of desire and risk, death and birth, and the powerful ties that bind us all together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806142913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Demetria Mart\u0026#237;nez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643969564828,"sku":"9780806142913","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fd0be469-9b2e-4b98-a50a-49190b0cec06.jpg?v=1603857645","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-block-captains-daughter-9780806142913","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}