{"product_id":"their-dogs-came-with-them","title":"Their Dogs Came with Them","description":"\u003cb\u003eHelena Maria Viramontes brings 1960s Los Angeles to life with \"terse, energetic, and vivid\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) prose in this story of a group of young Latinx women fighting to survive and thrive in a tumultuous world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning author of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Feet of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, Helena María Viramontes offers a profoundly gritty portrait of everyday life in L.A. in this lyrically muscular, artfully crafted novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the barrio of East Los Angeles, a group of unbreakable young women struggle to find their way through the turbulent urban landscape of the 1960s. Androgynous Turtle is a homeless gang member. Ana devotes herself to a mentally ill brother. Ermila is a teenager poised between childhood and political consciousness. And Tranquilina, the daughter of missionaries, finds hope in faith. In prose that is potent and street tough, Viramontes has choreographed a tragic dance of death and rebirth. Julia Alvarez has called Viramontes \"one of the important multicultural voices of American literature.\" \u003ci\u003eTheir Dogs Came with Them\u003c\/i\u003e further proves the depth and talent of this essential author.","brand":"Helena Maria Viramontes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46352323739884,"sku":"9781416588344","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781416588344.jpg?v=1744234358","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/their-dogs-came-with-them","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}