{"product_id":"mosquito-9780807006627","title":"Mosquito","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing\u003c\/i\u003e—a rare and unforgettable journey set along the US–Mexico border about identity, immigration, and “the new underground railroad.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Jones’s great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.”—Anna Wiener, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. In \u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e, she examines the US–Mexico border crisis through the eyes of Sojourner Nadine Jane Johnson, an African American truck driver known as Mosquito. Her journey beings after discovering a stowaway who nearly gives birth in the back of her truck, sparking her accidental and yet growing involvement in “the new underground railroad,” a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Mosquito","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737402290519,"sku":"9780807006627","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807006627.jpg?v=1723811167","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mosquito-9780807006627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}