{"product_id":"9781945289033","title":"Ma Llorona: a ghost story, a love story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I cry for all of us who bear the burden of these times.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne day at the river changed everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the terror from the pale ones who remake the lands and the people to suit their pale vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the ghost woman and her one true love conjure a plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill La Llorona’s heart be strong enough to fulfill it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore importantly, when the time comes….will \u003cem\u003ethe people\u003c\/em\u003e be ready?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn times filled with terror and torment, one woman's haunting grief rises from beyond to become \u003cem\u003ethe people's\u003c\/em\u003e howl in the dark. Sometimes a heartache is so great, it belongs to everyone. Sometimes a healing is so powerful it holds within it the spark to change everything….if we're ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA queer reclamation of the classic Mexican ghost story, \u003cem\u003eLa Llorona\u003c\/em\u003e, that spans the ages and the Americas (MesoAmerica 1500 to present day San Francisco) to reunite the people with their ghosts and mend what was torn apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her debut YA novella, award-winning children’s book artist and author Maya Gonzalez takes readers on an emotional and layered journey that weaves history with love, spirit with flesh, and merges ancient myths with current political times. Powerful themes of love, pre-colonial queer identity, sacred feminine, loss and endurance course through the pages as the story gathers and flows and gathers again to support healing, negotiate deep ancestral trauma and ultimately, transformation. In a style akin to poetic prose with a potent cathartic undercurrent that lies shimmering just beneath the surface, Ma Llorona’s reach doesn’t end at the page. Like a river, she will flow into your dreams, call up your ghosts and have you howling in the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“They called you La Llorona\u003cp\u003eAnd told terrible tales\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut I know who you were\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI know the truth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are the woman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs big as all the stars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are the woman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs big as all the land and sea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe river mirrors your face\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wind carries your wail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grass and cool soil your beautiful body\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I am here\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am with you in total\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are never alone…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI know because\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am the woman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho loves you forever\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI will count every star and say I love you\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thousand times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike our last night together, my love\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI will tell the truth of your tale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thousand times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo you remember who you once were\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour name is my name now\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am La Llorona\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI cry for you\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI cry for me\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI cry for all of us\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho bear the burden of these times.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reflection Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048122859760,"sku":"9781945289033","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781945289033_p0.jpg?v=1763791658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781945289033","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}