{"product_id":"the-winds-of-maracaibo-a-novel","title":"The Winds Of Maracaibo: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Propulsive Family Drama, The Story Of A Woman Determined To Recover Her Kidnapped Daughter In The Ruins Of ChvezS Social RevolutionThe FastPaced EnglishLanguage Debut Of An AwardWinning And Bestselling Author That Brings The Venezuelan Migrant Crisis To Life In Lyrical, Seething Prose, For Readers Of Elizabeth Acevedo, Jesmyn Ward, And Gabriela Garciait Was Too Late, Y La Ternura No BastaNow That SheD Tasted The Gunpowder, And The Gunpowder Was Bolivariano, Revolutionary. And That Unthinkable Traitor Camilo Was Using It To Blow Up Her Life.Elisa Left With Camilo. Camilo Took Her Out Of The Country.These Are The Text Messages Nina Receives While Living In The Storage Room Of A University In Porto Alegre, Brazil, Where SheS Cleaning Houses To Make Money To Send Back Home.Home Is 4,500 Miles Away, In Maracaibo, Venezuela, Where The Water Never Runs On Mondays And ThereS Yet Another Blackout. Where A Trip To The Grocery Store Costs 220 Times The Minimum Wage.Home Is Elisa, Her ThirteenYearOld Daughter, Who Loves To Run Around The House And Belt Out QueenS DonT Stop Me Now. Who Should Be Growing, When Instead Her Waist Is Shrinking. Home Is Graciela, NinaS Mother, Who Lately Stays Shut Up In Her Room All Day Talking With Her Dead, Most Urgently Her Beloved Husband, Ral (WhoS Just As Eager To Talk Back From The Grave).And What The Hell Does Camilo Think HeS Doing Now, Stealing Off With Their Daughter To The United States Of AmericaThe One Place Nina Most Assuredly Never Wants To Call Home?Narrated Through The Voices Of Nina And Her Family, And Through The Voice Of Her Treacherous Ex, Camilo, The Winds Of Maracaibo Is The HeartRacing Tale Of A Mother Fighting To Get Her Daughter Back Across The Border, At Any CostA Brave And Furious Reversal Of The American Dream And An Ode To The Venezuelan Women Who Gave Their Blood, Sweat, And Tears To A Nation Dismantled By The Egos Of Men.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957156626677,"sku":"DADAX0593803930","price":32.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/8109yjioW4L.jpg?v=1775550434","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-winds-of-maracaibo-a-novel","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}