{"product_id":"9780393342093","title":"A Servant's Tale: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A rare and wondrous thing....[Fox] knows how to create a character.\"—\u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Luisa de la Cueva was born on the Caribbean island of Malagita, of a plantation owner's son and a native woman, a servant in the kitchen. Her years on Malagita were sweet with the beauty of bamboo, banana, and mango trees with flocks of silver-feathered guinea hens underneath, the magic of a victrola, and the caramel flan that Mama sneaked home from the plantation kitchen. Luisa's father, fearing revolution, takes his family to New York. In the barrio his once-powerful name means nothing, and the family establishes itself in a basement tenement. For Luisa, Malagita becomes a dream. Luisa does not dream of going to college, as her friend Ellen does, or of winning the lottery, as her father does. She takes a job as a servant and, paradoxically, grows more independent. She marries and later raises a son alone. She works as a servant all her life. \u003cem\u003eA Servant's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a life that is simple on the surface but full of depth and richness as we come to know it, a story told with consummate grace and compassion by Paula Fox.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176327626992,"sku":"9780393342093","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393342093_p0.jpg?v=1769893100","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393342093","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}