{"product_id":"the-defining-sea-9781620060087","title":"The Defining Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrime, corruption, and colonialism--as well as compassion, survival, and dark humor--are woven into \u003cem\u003eThe Puerto Rico Trilogy, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich consists of three separate character-driven novels that focus on the Caribbean island and its complex political and social relationship with the U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Defining Sea. b\u003c\/em\u003eook two, was also sparked by U.S.-Puerto Rico history. Its plot is derived from the U.S, Navy's decades-long live fire and bombing exercises on the inhabited offshore Puerto Rico island of Vieques, which caused death and serious illness. The story told concerns a 20-year-old University of Puerto Rico student who delivers drugs between the island and the states to raise money for a scholarship that will be named after his girlfriend, killed by police during a protest against the Navy's maneuvers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brown Posey Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620060087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Robert Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52146994413749,"sku":"9781620060087","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7c93a257-1c5a-4962-9246-55db82439052.jpg?v=1767678376","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-defining-sea-9781620060087","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}