{"product_id":"the-pirates-daughter-isbn-9780812979428","title":"The Pirate's Daughter","description":"WINNER OF THE ESSENCE LITERARY AWARD IN FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1946, Hollywood’s most famous swashbuckler, Errol Flynn, arrived in Jamaica in a storm-ravaged boat. After a long and celebrated career on the silver screen, Flynn spent the last years of his life on a small island off the Jamaican coast, where he fell in love with the people, the paradisiacal setting, and the privacy, and brought a touch of Tinseltown glamour to the West Indian community.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on those years, \u003ci\u003eThe Pirate’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e imagines an affair between the aging matinee star and Ida, a beautiful local girl. Flynn’s affections are unpredictable but that doesn’t stop Ida from dreaming of a life with him, especially after the birth of their daughter, May.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Cezair-Thompson weaves stories of mothers and daughters, fathers and lovers, country and kin, into this compelling, dual-generational coming-of-age tale of two women struggling to find their way in a nation wrestling with its own independence.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for The Pirate's Daughter:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A book-club-ready saga with two gorgeous women at its center [and] a knockout ending that reveals treasure buried beneath the sand-encrusted secrets.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (Critic’s Choice)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] delicious premise . . . sets Margaret Cezair-Thompson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Pirate’s Daughter \u003c\/i\u003ein motion, and from there, the novel never stops for breath once.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Enthralling . . . ideal for readers looking to be swept away.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] ripe romantic novel . . . with page-turning panache . . . a mélange of family saga, love story, and political-historical fiction served up in a tropical setting.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Pirate’s Daughter captures perfectly the essence of Jamaica. . . . Your efforts will be rewarded with rich escape.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A surprising yarn that is rich, salty and ultimately satisfying . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Pirate’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e sparkles with characters real and imagined.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An unabashedly frangipani-scented–and wholly satisfying–armchair holiday of a read.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003eMargaret Cezair-Thompson was born in Jamaica, West Indies.  She came to the United States at the age of nineteen to attend Barnard College, and then went on to earn a PhD in English from the City University of New York.  She is the author of two novels and teaches literature and creative writing at Wellesley College. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe True History of Paradise (\u003c\/i\u003eto be reprinted by Random House 2009), was short-listed for the Dublin International I.M.P.A.C. award. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Pirate’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Essence Literary Award for Fiction in 2008. Other publications include short fiction, essays, and articles in \u003ci\u003eCallaloo, The Washington Post, Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Graham House Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Her screenplay, \u003ci\u003ePhoto Finish\u003c\/i\u003e, about a Jamaican-American athlete, was sold to Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough she has lived outside Jamaica for some time, Margaret Cezair-Thompson retains strong ties to her native country. Like the main characters of her novels, she was a child when Jamaica became an independent nation in 1962, and she has witnessed the country’s changes, at times with deep concern and always with great interest.[quote]--People (Critic's Choice)","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303968428261,"sku":"NP9780812979428","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780812979428.jpg?v=1767740968","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-pirates-daughter-isbn-9780812979428","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}