{"product_id":"9781566893336","title":"Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eAngel de la Luna\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully told, and at times, heartbreaking coming of age and coming to America story. Evelina Galang is a masterful storyteller and through her brilliant voice and craft, Angel and her family become ours too.\"—Edwidge Danticat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngel has just lost her father, and her mother's grief means she might as well be gone too. She's got a sister and a grandmother to look out for, and a burgeoning consciousness of the unfairness in the world—in her family, her community, and her country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the second Philippine People Power Revolution in 2001, the contemporary struggles of surviving Filipina “Comfort Women” of WWII, and a cold winter’s season in the city of Chicago is the story of a daughter coming of age, coming to forgiveness, and learning to move past the chaos of grief to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eM. Evelina Galang\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHer Wild American Self\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eOne Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e . She has edited the anthology \u003ci\u003eScreaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images\u003c\/i\u003e . She is currently writing \u003ci\u003eLolas' House: Women Living with War\u003c\/i\u003e , stories of surviving Filipina WWII \"Comfort Women,\" and is at work on a new novel. Galang teaches in and directs the creative writing program at the University of Miami, is core faculty for VONA\/Voices: Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation, and has been named one of the one hundred most influential Filipinas in the United States by Filipina Women's Network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050299146480,"sku":"9781566893336","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566893336_p0.jpg?v=1763788452","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566893336","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}