{"product_id":"their-dogs-came-with-them-9781416588344","title":"Their Dogs Came with Them","description":"\u003cb\u003eHelena Maria Viramontes brings 1960s Los Angeles to life with \"terse, energetic, and vivid\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) prose in this story of a group of young Latinx women fighting to survive and thrive in a tumultuous world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning author of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Feet of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, Helena Mar a Viramontes offers a profoundly gritty portrait of everyday life in L.A. in this lyrically muscular, artfully crafted novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the barrio of East Los Angeles, a group of unbreakable young women struggle to find their way through the turbulent urban landscape of the 1960s. Androgynous Turtle is a homeless gang member. Ana devotes herself to a mentally ill brother. Ermila is a teenager poised between childhood and political consciousness. And Tranquilina, the daughter of missionaries, finds hope in faith. In prose that is potent and street tough, Viramontes has choreographed a tragic dance of death and rebirth. Julia Alvarez has called Viramontes one of the important multicultural voices of American literature. \u003ci\u003eTheir Dogs Came with Them\u003c\/i\u003e further proves the depth and talent of this essential author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416588344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.50w x 0.84d","brand":"Helena Maria Viramontes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649879699612,"sku":"9781416588344","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ea7d5074-934d-4e45-9383-a88ac8e22d76.jpg?v=1603873941","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/their-dogs-came-with-them-9781416588344","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}