{"product_id":"9781569473979","title":"Girl Like Che Guevara","description":"\u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Lourdes is a dedicated and proud revolutionary who spends the summer of 1982, along with her peers, at the “School-in-the-Fields,” tilling tobacco fields to prove her dedication to Fidel and the revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she is also a study of contradictions. Lourdes outwardly scoffs at the old ways but wears an \u003ci\u003eazabache\u003c\/i\u003e amulet under her clothing, next to her Che medallion, to ward off evil spirits. She secretly prays to the \u003ci\u003eorisha Yemayá\u003c\/i\u003e while she pledges her fealty to Fidel and the secular socialist ideals of her father, a professor of scientific Communism at the University of Havana. She develops a crush on her roommate at the camp, but, like many other things in the socialist regime under which she lives, same-sex relationships are forbidden. Like other girls her age, she longs to wear smuggled Jordache jeans and drink Cuban coffee, to watch American cartoons and eat steak whenever she wants. All simple pleasures, all denied her by the same revolution she serves. What she has are the harsh realities of life in a glorified work camp, which lead her to question her allegiances. Why \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e she want to be like Che? .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057544708336,"sku":"9781569473979","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781569473979_p0.jpg?v=1763767232","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781569473979","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}