{"product_id":"daughter-9780743417983","title":"Daughter","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaughter, \u003c\/i\u003ea penetrating novel by \u003ci\u003eEssence \u003c\/i\u003eeditor asha bandele and chosen by \u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eas Best Urban Fiction for 2003, follows a young woman through life that changes in one night from a horrific incident with police brutality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt nineteen, Aya is a promising Black college student from Brooklyn who is struggling through a difficult relationship with her emotionally distant mother, Miriam. One winter night, Aya is shot by a white police officer in a case of mistaken identity. Keeping vigil by her daughter's hospital bed, Miriam remembers her own youth: her battle for independence from her parents, her affair with Aya's father, and the challenges of raising her daughter. But as Miriam confronts her past--her losses and regrets--she begins to heal and discovers a tentative hopefulness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving between past and present, the novel builds to a dramatic, heart-wrenching but ultimately redemptive conclusion. \u003ci\u003eDaughter\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that appears to be about police brutality, but police brutality is only the landscape. The heart of the story is about the silence between generations--the secrets mothers keep from their children in an effort to protect them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bandele, Asha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743417983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.05w x 0.66d","brand":"Asha Bandele","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39589069717579,"sku":"9780743417983","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_d5b78de0-510c-45c8-a50d-db3da2ed56ea.jpg?v=1637634988","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/daughter-9780743417983","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}