{"product_id":"daughter-paperback-1","title":"Daughter - 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\u003eAsha Bandele\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaughter, \u003c\/i\u003ea penetrating novel by \u003ci\u003eEssence \u003c\/i\u003eeditor Asha Bandele and chosen by \u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eas Best Urban Fiction for 2003, follows a young woman through life that changes in one night from a horrific incident with police brutality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt nineteen, Aya is a promising Black college student from Brooklyn who is struggling through a difficult relationship with her emotionally distant mother, Miriam. One winter night, Aya is shot by a white police officer in a case of mistaken identity. Keeping vigil by her daughter's hospital bed, Miriam remembers her own youth: her battle for independence from her parents, her affair with Aya's father, and the challenges of raising her daughter. But as Miriam confronts her past--her losses and regrets--she begins to heal and discovers a tentative hopefulness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving between past and present, the novel builds to a dramatic, heart-wrenching but ultimately redemptive conclusion. \u003ci\u003eDaughter\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that appears to be about police brutality, but police brutality is only the landscape. The heart of the story is about the silence between generations--the secrets mothers keep from their children in an effort to protect them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsha Bandele served as features editor and writer for \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and a Revson Fellow at Columbia University. She is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Prisoner's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e and a collection of poetry. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 7.81 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328301437165,"sku":"9780743417983","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/daughter-paperback-1","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}