{"product_id":"9781466861497","title":"The Road to Esmeralda: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of The Tribes of Palos Verdes, a compelling new novel  about a couple's getaway to a Mexican paradise that goes horribly wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy  Nicholson's second novel, The Road to Esmeralda, is a dark, seductive  story about Americans abroad. Fed up with their L.A. lives, Nick and  Sarah decide to head south to Mexico. They are looking for something:  love, self-fulfillment, inspiration, or even just peace of mind.  However, as the roads get windier and the jungle thicker, this naïve  pair realizes that all of the trappings of society-greed, drugs,  violence and jealousy-exist even in the remotest of places. Even tiny  Esmeralda has a secret agenda . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile her prose remains  hearfelt and spare, Nicholson, in The Road to Esmeralda, also reveals a  political edge. In exploring the prejudices of a small Mexican town, she  weaves a harrowing and tragic story of love, devastation, and what it  means to be a young, intelligent American in a very angry world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171787129072,"sku":"9781466861497","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466861497_p0.jpg?v=1769891614","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466861497","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}