{"product_id":"tales-from-the-heart-true-stories-from-my-childhood-9781569473474","title":"Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of autobiographical essays, Maryse Cond  vividly evokes the relationships and events that gave her childhood meaning: discovering her parents' feelings of alienation; her first crush; a falling out with her best friend; the death of her beloved grandmother; her first encounter with racism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese gemlike vignettes capture the spirit of Cond 's fiction: haunting, powerful, poignant, and leavened with a streak of humor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10724201\"\u003eMaryse Conde\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781569473474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1569473471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaryse Condé\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eI, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem, Tree of Life, Crossing the Mangrove, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the African Kings\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is the recipient of the prestigious French award, the alternative Nobel Prize for literature, Le Grand Prix Littéraire de la Femme, and a Guggenheim Fellow. She is a professor of French Caribbean Literature at Columbia University. She and her husband Richard Philcox, who masterfully translated \u003ci\u003eWindward Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, divide their time between New York City and Guadeloupe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43834527154315,"sku":"9781569473474","price":20.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_a3c7eaae-9050-4f8a-a680-9059702210fc.jpg?v=1755664165","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/tales-from-the-heart-true-stories-from-my-childhood-9781569473474","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}