{"product_id":"9781626543508","title":"Brown Girl, Brownstones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown Girl, Brownstones,\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young Barbadian American caught between the ambitious dreams of her forward-looking mother and the rose-tinted nostalgia of her father. While Selina's mother strives diligently to save enough money to buy a brownstone in Brooklyn, her father dreams only of returning to his home in Barbados. Managing a constellation of difficult family and cultural dynamics, Selina is also faced with navigating the complex maze of immigrant identity in America and bearing the burdens of racism and poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the Great Depression and WWII, the close-knit community of immigrants from Barbados where Selina grows up is drawn from the author's own experience as a young girl in Brooklyn. This novel, first published in 1959, was one of the first to probe the difficult cross-cultural conflicts and identities so integral to the experiences of America's innumerable immigrant communities. A vibrant and compelling tale of self-discovery, \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl, Brownstones,\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking and honest novel about a too-often overlooked American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055866265840,"sku":"9781626543508","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781626543508_p0.jpg?v=1763866277","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626543508","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}