{"product_id":"9781511397766","title":"The Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eLyrical and gritty, this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling coming-of-age story about a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas, insightfully illuminates a little-understood corner of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomingo Martinez lays bare his interior and exterior worlds as he struggles to make sense of the violent and the ugly, along with the beautiful and the loving, in a Texas border town in the 1980s. Partly a reflection on the culture of machismo and partly an exploration of the author’s boyhood spent in his sister’s hand-me-down clothes, this book delves into the enduring, complex bond between Martinez and his deeply flawed but fiercely protective older brother, Daniel. It features a cast of memorable characters, including his gun-hoarding former farmhand, Gramma, and “the Mimis”- two of his older sisters who for a short, glorious time manage to transform themselves from poor Latina adolescents into upper-class white girls. Martinez provides a glimpse into a society where children are traded like commerce, physical altercations routinely solve problems, drugs are rampant, sex is often crude, and people depend on the family witch doctor for advice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharming, painful, and enlightening, this book examines the traumas and pleasures of growing up in South Texas and the often terrible consequences when different cultures collide on the banks of a dying river.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054903509232,"sku":"9781511397766","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781511397766_p0.jpg?v=1763723237","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781511397766","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}