{"product_id":"land-of-love-and-drowning","title":"Land of Love and Drowning","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLand of Love and Drowning\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTiphanie Yanique\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781594488337\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRiverhead Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecipient of the 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal FoundationAward\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA major debut from an award-winning writer an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. \u003cbr\u003e Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, \u003ci\u003eLand of Love and Drowning \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and the author s own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothersand sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, \u003ci\u003eLand of Love and Drowning \u003c\/i\u003eis a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Land of Love and Drowning | Tiphanie Yanique | Hardcover | 9781594488337 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1742687","offer_id":48180156924056,"sku":"1742687","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71yObcv_CSL.jpg?v=1772215460","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/land-of-love-and-drowning","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}