{"product_id":"the-umbrella-country-9780345428882","title":"The Umbrella Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Certain things are better kept than said. . . .\u003cbr\u003eBut certain things you have to find out now. . . .'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the tumultuous streets of Manila, where the earth is as brown as a tamarind leaf and the pungent smells of vinegar and mashed peppers fill the air, where seasons shift between scorching sun and torrential rain, eleven-year-old Gringo strives to make sense of his family and a world that is growing increasingly harsher before his young eyes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is Gringo's older brother, Pipo, wise beyond his years, a flamboyant, defiant youth and the three-time winner of the sequined Miss Unibers contest; Daddy Groovie, whiling away his days with other hang-about men, out of work and wilting like a guava, clinging to the hope of someday joining his sister in Nuyork; Gringo's mother, Estrella, moving through their ramshackle home, holding her emotions tight as a fist, which she often clenches in anger after curfew covers the neighborhood in a burst of dark; and Ninang Rola, wise go","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195191259479,"sku":"9780345428882","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780345428882.jpg?v=1763646692","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-umbrella-country-9780345428882","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}