{"product_id":"duende-paperback","title":"Duende - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Poppe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Lava lives peacefully enough with her imperfect mother, Lila, and their boarder, Cody, an Iraqi war vet suffering from PTSD. Lava's ex-addict father, Jesse, is released from prison, and Lava's life in Detroit is upended when Jesse pressures Lava for her urine so he can pass his mandatory drug tests. After an altercation, Lava is sent to live with her mother's cousin Lola in Seville. Lola is a larger-than-life flamenco dancer who teaches Lava the language of flamenco dance; Lava's life opens outward as she becomes fluent in flamenco's structure, giving her new modes of expression as she experiences first love, friendship, and betrayal, and uncovers family secrets. Rich with lyrical, sensual prose, \u003ci\u003eDuende\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age novella about mothers and daughters, about legacy, about self-expression, about defining a way to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Poppe\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eGirl, World\u003c\/i\u003e by Laughing Fire Press (2017), \u003ci\u003eMoxie\u003c\/i\u003e by Tortoise Books (2019), \u003ci\u003eJinwar and Other Tales from The Levant \u003c\/i\u003eby Cune Press (2022), and \u003ci\u003eDuende\u003c\/i\u003e by Regal House Publishing (2022). When she is not being thrown from the back of food aid trucks or dining with pistol-packing Kurdish hit men, she writes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 111\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252429373689,"sku":"9781646032419","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/blB4UWk1aTNqNzhWU3F5Wk5XODFrZz09.webp?v=1768688587","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/duende-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}