{"product_id":"americas-dream-by-santiago-esmeralda","title":"America's Dream by Santiago, Esmeralda","description":"\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0060928263\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Santiago, Esmeralda\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e new\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\"Lyrical [and] haunting, Américas liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering.\" - Washington PostDeftly written and fiercely resilient, Américas Dream explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American and exemplifies the spirit of every immigrant who has dared to realize the American dream.América Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who dont look her in the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with América. So when América is offered the chance to work as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester, New York, she takes it as a sign to finally make the escape she's been longing for.Yet, even as América revels in the comparative luxury of her new life-daring to care about a man other than Correa-she is faced with the disquieting realization that no matter what she does, she can never really escape her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n        ","brand":"Miakarts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49678220361968,"sku":"NEW0060928263","price":19.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ethereallybeautiful.com\/products\/americas-dream-by-santiago-esmeralda","provider":"Ethereally Beautiful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}