{"product_id":"9781939419958","title":"One Life","description":"\u003cbr\u003eRichard, an American in Mexico, helps save the lives of the guilty. A mitigation specialist, hired by defense teams on capital cases in the U.S., he combs the back roads of starving-to-death Mexican shanty towns and agricultural villages. Divorced, a failed novelist with no family, and not too keen on attachments, he investigates the traumatic personal histories of undocumented Mexicans facing the death penalty in his home country.\u003cp\u003eEsperanza is a young woman from the destitute Mexican hamlet of Puroaire. Trying to escape a life of poverty and abuse, her journey leads her to the United States, where she works on a cleanup crew after Hurricane Katrina. Her harrowing adventure is like that of millions of undocumented workers in the U.S. — until she finds herself in a jail cell, accused of murdering her baby. When Richard visits Esperanza in jail, the boundaries of his closely circumscribed life explode.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the American South and in rural Mexico, \u003cb\u003eOne Life\u003c\/b\u003e examines the indelible links between life and death, sex and love. It’s at once a page-turning mystery and a profound examination of freedom and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unnamed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060183711984,"sku":"9781939419958","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939419958_p0.jpg?v=1763666084","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939419958","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}