{"product_id":"brown-girls","title":"Brown Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA fiercely poetic coming-of-age novel following a group of young women of colour in Queens, New York\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrown Girls\u003c\/em\u003e flows like a late night FM-radio dedication to the crew, the block, and the mission. This book’s a gift’ Paul Beatty, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘An ode to girlhood’ Raven Leilani, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLuster\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf you really want to know, we are the colour of 7-Eleven root beer. Colour of the charcoal pencil our sisters use to rim their eyes. Colour of peanut butter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrown Girls \u003c\/em\u003edives deep into the lives of a group of young women of colour growing up in Queens, New York. Here, streets echo with many languages, subways rumble above dollar stores and the briny scent of the ocean wafts in from Rockaway Beach. Here, girls like Nadira, Gabby, Naz, Trish, Angelique, and many others, struggle to reconcile their immigrant backgrounds with the American culture they come of age in. Here, they become friends for life. Or so they vow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this bold debut told in a uniquely lyrical voice, Daphne Palasi Andreades paints a stunning collective portrait of the journey from girlhood to adulthood, set against a backdrop of race, class, and marginalisation in America today. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrown Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable love letter to women of colour everywhere from a daring new writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoyous, bittersweet, haunting, hilarious and so very real\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Nikesh Shukla, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrown Baby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA masterful triumph by a brilliant new author with an original voice\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere Comes the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrown Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is a song–of celebration, of mourning, of rage, of fierce living\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStarling Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn exhilarating novel\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Megha Majumdar, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Burning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPER COLLINS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39663807594562,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/9780008478063.jpg?v=1642093258","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/brown-girls","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}