{"product_id":"9781770864344","title":"Pain Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pain Tree\u003c\/i\u003e tells stories that speak to all aspects of Jamaican life. Among the characters we hear from are: poor folk making the best of past hardships (“Coal”); rich folk plotting future selfishness (“The Goodness of My Heart”); an old man, familiar with darkness, who discovers in foreign capitalism a force even he cannot control (“Boxed-In”); a young girl, uprooted to a new country, forced to shoulder her mother's unspoken burdens in addition to her own (“Lollipop”). Bookending these are two powerful stories about the inextricability of home and history: in “The Pain Tree,” the protagonist comes to realize the love she has abandoned, and the pain she has left behind; in “Flying,” the lead character, searching for that which has been missing most of his life, comes home for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenior navigates the hills and valleys of narrative with natural ease, interweaving thick strands of emotion and insight yet never losing sight of a story's ebb and flow. Her \u003ci\u003ePain Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging, thought-provoking read that transports readers fully to another place, where the unfamiliar and exciting clash and commingle with the universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cormorant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051729174768,"sku":"9781770864344","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770864344_p0.jpg?v=1763707114","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770864344","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}