{"product_id":"promise-promesa-spanish-edition-9788439744788","title":"Promise (Promesa) Spanish Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eLa primera novela de Rachel Eliza Griffiths: un canto a la memoria, el amor y la supervivencia en el seno de una familia afroamericana, escrita con la sensibilidad y la dureza con que se rompe y se recompone un corazón.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa infancia de las hermanas Cinthy y Ezra Kindred ha transcurrido rodeada de amor. Han visto crecer su universo al amparo de sus padres y de los Junkett, con quienes integran la escasa comunidad negra de Salt Point, una pequeña población pesquera de Maine. Pero al finalizar el verano y tras regresar a clase, las hermanas son recibidas con hostilidad. Incluso Ruby, la mejor amiga de Ezra, parece participar en la oleada de racismo que revelará las verdaderas dimensiones del abismo sobre el que el mundo de las hermanas se sustenta. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescubrir los prejuicios raciales de su apacible comunidad será para las hermanas Kindred como presenciar el final de un sueño y el inicio de una pesadilla, pero les proporcionará también el material con el que levantar un refugio capaz de proteger a su familia y de resistir las amenazas del mundo exterior. Estamos en 1957, y allá fuera, como un rumor latente que sobrevuela las ciudades, los ecos del Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles auguran un cambio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, and their dreams as the Civil Rights Movement sweeps the nation in \u003ci\u003ePromise \u003c\/i\u003ea \"magical, magnificent novel\" (Marlon James) from \"a startlingly fresh voice\" (Jacqueline Woodson).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS \u003c\/i\u003eAND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe people of Salt Point could indeed be fearful about the world beyond themselves; most of them would be born and die without ever having gone more than twenty or thirty miles from houses that were crammed with generations of their families. . . . But something was shifting at the end of summer 1957.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Kindred sisters--Ezra and Cinthy--have grown up with an abundance of love. Love from their parents, who let them believe that the stories they tell on stars can come true. Love from their neighbors, the Junketts, the only other Black family in town, whose home is filled with spice-rubbed ribs and ground-shaking hugs. And love for their adopted hometown of Salt Point, a beautiful Maine village perched high up on coastal bluffs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as the girls hit adolescence, their white neighbors, including Ezra's best friend, Ruby, start to see their maturing bodies and minds in a different way. And as the news from distant parts of the country fills with calls for freedom, equality, and justice for Black Americans, the white villagers of Salt Point begin to view the Kindreds and the Junketts as threats to their way of life. Amid escalating violence, prejudice, and fear, bold Ezra and watchful Cinthy must reach deep inside the wells of love they've built to commit great acts of heroism and grace on the path to survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn luminous, richly descriptive writing, \u003ci\u003ePromise \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates one family's story of resistance. It's a book that will break your heart--and then rebuild it with courage, hope, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5579124\"\u003eRachel Eliza Griffiths\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Literatura Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788439744788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8439744781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC049040\"\u003eAfrican American \u0026amp; Black | Historical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Eliza Griffiths\u003c\/b\u003e (1978, Washington D.C) es poeta, artista visual y novelista. Ha recibido el Hurston\/Wright Foundation Legacy Award y el Paterson Poetry Prize, y fue finalista del NAACP Image Award. Griffiths ha sido becada por la Fundación Cave Canem, Kimbilio, el Centro de Bellas Artes de Provincetown, la Fundación Robert Rauschenberg y Yaddo. Su obra ha aparecido en \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e y \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, entre otras publicaciones. \u003ci\u003ePromesa\u003c\/i\u003e es su primera novela.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Literatura Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45787197046959,"sku":"9788439744788","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_f3004dc4-1858-4dba-994e-e84f4e9afed5.jpg?v=1755688764","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/promise-promesa-spanish-edition-9788439744788","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}