{"product_id":"americas-dream-a-novel-isbn-9780063074132","title":"America's Dream: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lyrical [and] haunting, América’s liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering.\" — \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the award-winning, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eWhen I Was Puerto Rican, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmérica’s Dream\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmérica Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don’t 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, 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 | \u003cp\u003e“Santiago has with this novel firmly established herself as one of the most powerful new voices in American fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thrilling and page-turning. The fabulous journey of America Gonzalez...is laid out masterfully.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lyrical [and] haunting, América’s liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Santiago] establishes herself as a strong and irresistible new voice in fiction…this novel is involving and immediate, truthful and tender.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889441239269,"sku":"NP9780063074132","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063074132.jpg?v=1730231261","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/americas-dream-a-novel-isbn-9780063074132","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}