{"product_id":"letters-to-my-mother-9780888997203","title":"Letters to My Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe narrator of Letters to My Mother is a young Afro-Cuban girl who  when her mother dies  must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their goodwill  shes deeply wounded by their taunts about how dark her skin is and their attacks on her behavior in general  including her choice not to straighten her hair. Her life is often miserable as she must endure casual racial prejudice and mistreatment from those around her. To keep her mother alive somehow  and to remember that she was once unconditionally loved  she writes letters telling Mami what she is suffering and feeling. Over the course of this powerful and moving novel composed of these letters  the heroine comes of age. Is her inner strength sufficient to overcome her pain and the bigotry of the people in her life?  Letters to My Mother was attacked in some quarters for exposing the problem of racism in contemporary Cuban society  but it went on to win major awards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45272689999925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0888997205","price":64.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780888997203.jpg?v=1780484258","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/letters-to-my-mother-9780888997203","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}